Raheem Sterling - Done - See main forum

[jpinblue]

What a player is worth is only a matter of opinion, but City will have worked out the value of this player (plus the premium of him being HG), and will only spend up to their maximum amount planned.

If it doesn't go through then Liverpool are foolish, turning down a £35-£40mill offer for a player who doesn't want to be there, and has been in poor form for them.

A Sterling transfer request is what we need next, I believe the guys in charge of our transfer negotiations will not go any higher now until Sterling speaks out on what he wants.

I agree with an earlier poster, we have to know when to say no - getting carried with higher and higher offers will not help us pay our planned fee's for other targets. There is no need to listen to what ESPN say and flap and panic that we will end up with only Delph, Roberts and Wilshere this window. Our owners know what they need to do this window. If they don't do what they need to do, then we have to question the people involved in the transfers. But that's for a different time and a different thread.

 

[aguero93:20]

I'd settle for his transfer fee personally tbh, Monaco sounds like a nice place to retire.

 

[bluemoon98]

He's the best English talent since Rooney. At the age of 20 he's had 100+ caps for Liverpool and is an England regular. He's going to be a phenomenal player and we should do what we can to get it over the line

City groups on FB saying we should give it up, they're making us look stupid and all this but I keep explaining HG talent Sterling who is only has the capability to be world-class in 5/6 years time, he has loads of time ahead of him. He may be worth double that amount if/when we let him go if he joins of course ;-). Look at the season in had in 13-14 with a top class striker in Suarez - it will be the same if he joins us with top class players like David Silva and Sergio Aguero playing with him rather than Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge.

 

[aguero93:20]

never knew liverpool give out caps for appearences

Wouldn't put it past them.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

100% yes for me...even if he costs 50 million...he will improve our first team and he's only 20...they money will be irrelevent if he's here another 5-10 years

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Hahahahaha - Best use of gif in a thread award!!

 

[Lancet Fluke]

give it time, we will get our man in my opinion.

sterling isn't going back to liverpool, all ties have been cut now if you ask me and by the looks of it we are the only team willing to pay anything in the region of 40m for him, which is a lot to do with our hg quota more so than anything.

liverpool will drag this out until we put our foot down and say we are not bidding anymore, then the deal will go through if you ask me.

I agree with most of that. Certainly there is little need to go rushing in with an improved offer. Nobody else is bidding so at the very least we should take our time and let them do a bit of flapping as they consider the prospect of not being able to fund their main purchases and welcoming back a player who is likely to stink the place out next season now they have publicly made him look a **** and not let him go to a club he does want to play for despite the bid being very reasonable.

 

[mayo31]

They bricked the windows of City coaches that year, coaches with women and children on, and this was after we had shown the utmost respect for Hillsborough. The threads about it are on here if you look.

One window got bricked and it was made out to be a full on assault.

I was there and after the game which we lost some of the posts on here were laughable.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

No thank you. Most certainly not. Over rated, over-priced, and he is not professional enough. I'd hate us to waste a penny on him.

 

[IBlue]

Wouldn't put it past them.

No, just candles !