Raheem Sterling - Done - See main forum

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Sergio Picasso Aguero said:
What position do people think he will play? I know most see him as a winger but whenever i've seen him dribble past a couple of players it's usually more centrally. If he does play No.10 then Silva is wasted a bit imo. Either way with Silva, Yaya, Nasri, Lopes, Navas, Sterling and De Bruyne (hopefully) we have some insane options in AM.
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I see him playing primarily on the right of a forward three, with Silva on the left - but unlike Navas, Sterling will drift into the middle and support Aguero, and drop into the whole taking up the number 10 role when in possession. A similar free role to Silva, and equally as devastating, but with different qualities. I guess we could call him an 'inside forward' if you're being technical - getting the ball and cutting in, getting into goalscoring positions and looking to dance his way through opposition defences to set up Aguero and create space for other players.

I can't wait to see him in blue.

On a side note - anyone remember that England game in the world cup where he picked the ball up 40 yeards from goal, knocked it forward and had a crack? great effort, skimmed the bar, and I thought then, I'd love to have him at city.

What a signing!
 
People claiming we have paid too much need to look at his age. He's just like Shaw at United given that you could easily get 10 years + out of him. Given that context then upper limit is only £4.9m a year potentiallly for one of England's most promising youngsters.

In a better team with a better manager he will prove the press and all his doubters wrong.
 
FanchesterCity said:
It's a matter of opinion of course, but I don't believe they were. Fabregas was ditched by Barca twice. Owen had the chance with his Real move, but he never made the most of it.
Rooney dwarfs the pair of them in achievements, public recognition, earnings and goals for that matter.
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Fabregas has world cup and european champs medals though and did win things with barca. As much as i hate it i agree with you that rooney has had a great career and arguably hasunderachieved in someways
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When this deal is finalised i expect the fee to be undisclosed. The club will be telling the media that it was substantially lower than £49m hyped.
 
philjoneswho? said:
Either way I haven't been this excited over a summer transfer since Aguero...
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I didnt think Sterling would get me this excited, but it really has.. I didnt realise how good he actually was.

And too think, the Pogba saga hasnt even properly started yet...

Exciting times indeed to be a blue.
 
Lancet Fluke said:
Maybe he read some of those disgusting tweets yesterday and thought "fuck this backward fucking shithole and their backward shithead fans."
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Probably didn't like their way of negotiating contracts with young players either. Or was afraid the next contract would come attached to a mass character assassination in the media orchestrated by the club.

Or maybe he just wants to win trophies.
 
Salfordian Blue said:
If we get De Bruyne, a 4-2-3-1 makes sense.

De Bruyne-----Silva-------Sterling

----------------Aguero----------------

Either way, we're ditching two up top.
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It does make sense, but I just hope we don't try playing a CM pairing of Pogba/Yaya (if we get Pogba) - that would be suicide.

I'd personally prefer something like this:-

----------Dinho-----Pogba--------

Sterling-------Yaya-------Silva

---------------Aguero-----------

Give Yaya as little defensive responsibilities as possible - or, drop Yaya entirely and go with what you said..
 
Sterling - Aguero - Silva
Fernandinho - De Bruyne - Pogba

Nasri - Bony - Navas
Fernando - Lopes - Yaya

It just won't be fair if we sign Pogba and De Bruyne, how will anyone hope to compete with us?
 
How do you guys see him developing at City? The reason I say this is that he still needs a lot or development in his game. We always felt Arsenal was his first choice as he is a Londoner at heart and that would have been a more ideal fit for him in terms of where hes at in his game.

He still needs incubating and Wenger clearly is a man for that. Were doing something similar and Rodgers too has that ability, Henderson has developed massively under Rodgers, Coutinho, Sterling, next on the conveyor belt is Ibe, and Can, who looks really promising.

How do you see Pellegrini as a player developer because he definitely needs it. Not just playing him, week in week out, but teaching him how to play in training.

Sterling has a natural ability to get the ball to stick to his feet, but we most definitely taught him a lot of his game he possesses so far.
 
Good to see Shaun Goater the only one giving the lad credit especially as the only cunts giving their 2 cents are Phil Thompson, Jamie Carragher and John Aldridge whom have slated either the deal or the lad himself!

John Aldridge I'm not surprised with his comments as given the opportunity he probably still likes to see himself as relevant but the way Carragher and Thompson have dealt with the situation has been nothing short of embarrassing and unprofessional from 2 people who are suppose to be the face of SkySports.

Maybe they forgot the way Lallana forced Southampton's hand in selling him to Liverpool last season?
 
aa123 said:
How do you guys see him developing at City? The reason I say this is that he still needs a lot or development in his game. We always felt Arsenal was his first choice as he is a Londoner at heart and that would have been a more ideal fit for him in terms of where hes at in his game.

He still needs incubating and Wenger clearly is a man for that. Were doing something similar and Rodgers too has that ability, Henderson has developed massively under Rodgers, Coutinho, Sterling, next on the conveyor belt is Ibe, and Can, who looks really promising.

How do you see Pellegrini as a player developer because he definitely needs it. Not just playing him, week in week out, but teaching him how to play in training.

Sterling has a natural ability to get the ball to stick to his feet, but we most definitely taught him a lot of his game he possesses so far.
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I didn't hear Isco complaining when Pellegrini turned him in to a world class attacker.
 
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