Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

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Raheem Sterling wants to run down his contract upto next season and leave as a free agent next summer as he will have more options and greater signing bonus.


(The Mirror, Manchester Evening News)
 
Retro_Citizens said:
Raheem Sterling wants to run down his contract upto next season and leave as a free agent next summer as he will have more options and greater signing bonus.


(The Mirror, Manchester Evening News)
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Tbf, unsurprising...think more players now see the benefit of free transfers for themselves

Bigger wages, bigger signing on fee, more options

Not great for us obviously, but if we are being cynical....we don't really need the money, it's better for us just to reduce the wage bill

Because while it'll be annoying to lose him on a free....we make enough money through other sales

Think it balances itself out, there will be clubs interested in him this summer I'm sure as free transfers often end up nearly as expensive as normal ones (with all the extra fees that comes with free transfers)

But also if we were to renew his contract now we'd probably have to up his £300k a week wages (which imo he's not worth anyway) and give him a pretty big loyalty/signing on fee
 
mj1991 said:
A big no for letting him go for free. The prices of the top wingers are at least about 60-70m£. We should've been already in touch with Leao's and Gnabry's agents. We cannot spend money again and again without any profits from sellings. Sorry, IMO we have to sell him now if he doesn't want to renew and buy a winger NOW. It would be a huge problem soon for the club, so that's why I would extend the contract with Riyad as soon as possible. We have to replace Sterling in this transfer window and take the highest possible fee, but the problem is that I can't see any top club that would give us at least 45-50M£.
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Has he fucked your wife or something ?
 
I understand letting him go for free because he's earned it for what he's done for us, but at the end of the day City is a business. Sterling is a full blown English international who was brilliant at the euros. To let him go for free when you could pocket 50 to 60 mil would be a bit weird. He's also only in his 20s still.
 
Gumzy97 said:
I understand letting him go for free because he's earned it for what he's done for us, but at the end of the day City is a business. Sterling is a full blown English international who was brilliant at the euros. To let him go for free when you could pocket 50 to 60 mil would be a bit weird. He's also only in his 20s still.
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Ultimately that decision is Sterling's. Not much the club can do if he wants to see out his contract and leave on a free.
 
Akira said:
How was Sancho frozen out? He wasn't even part of the first team. The club told him to be more patient and he wouldn't take it.

Sane was injured.

Garcia kept playing despite at that time it was pretty certain he was leaving for Barcelona.
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And obviously shite
 
mrsprkl said:
And obviously shite
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If you think Garcia was 'obviously shite' you need to visit Specsavers.































He was worse than that and even in Spain where the pace isn't as demanding or the game as physical, week in week out, he has been sub standard. Whilst I am sure he is a lovely guy etc he just wasn't good enough for us nor he is good enough to play in an albeit poor Barcelona team.
 
Eds said:
If you think Garcia was 'obviously shite' you need to visit Specsavers.































He was worse than that and even in Spain where the pace isn't as demanding or the game as physical, week in week out, he has been sub standard. Whilst I am sure he is a lovely guy etc he just wasn't good enough for us nor he is good enough to play in an albeit poor Barcelona team.
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Lulz!, See what you did there and i liked it :)
 
The free signing has took a long time to come in and we are going to see it more with players like Sterling being the norm. We might gain some we might lose some.

Jesus is probably the exception as a club will pay an acceptable fee + match/ increase his salary.

Mahrez, Gundogan and Sterling could all be freed next season.
 
Lord Blue said:
I hope, as a club, we never behave that way. He's been a good servant and always puts in 100% to treat him with such disrespect would be classless.

As an aside i hope he extends. Even if he waits 12 months.
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Is it not disrespectful to leave a club on a free transfer so you can pocket a massive signing on fee and improved wages after the club who massively improved you as a player and gave you a platform to win trophies spent 50 million to bring you In?
 
kye1991 said:
Is it not disrespectful to leave a club on a free transfer so you can pocket a massive signing on fee and improved wages after the club who massively improved you as a player and gave you a platform to win trophies spent 50 million to bring you In?
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We were happy enough to give him the contract and he will honour it.
 
SterlingSilvas said:
No we bought him to provide a service. He has.
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He's a financial asset like all players.

I can't get my head around how many people think signing a player for 50million, paying said player 300k a week for 5 years and letting them leave for free is a good thing.

If your happy to see players leaving for free don't complain when it hampers us signing other players as the books haven't been balanced.
 
kye1991 said:
Is it not disrespectful to leave a club on a free transfer so you can pocket a massive signing on fee and improved wages after the club who massively improved you as a player and gave you a platform to win trophies spent 50 million to bring you In?
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not in the slightest. it's a contract that both sides agreed to. he has more than fulfilled his part (as have the club).

i'm sure we will make him an offer with terms that suit us, and if the terms suit him too, he'll sign. of course we might not make an offer or he might not want to sign.
 
kye1991 said:
He's a financial asset like all players.

I can't get my head around how many people think signing a player for 50million, paying said player 300k a week for 5 years and letting them leave for free is a good thing.

If your happy to see players leaving for free don't complain when it hampers us signing other players as the books haven't been balanced.
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He an financial asset to the club, but you can't just force a player to take a move to recoup the outlay to buy him.

He has filled his side of the contract day one to final day. He has no need to ensure the fee is recouped for the club. If they can come to an agreement on a move that they agree on fine, but neither has an obligation to force a deal the other doesnt want.
 
kye1991 said:
So do you not think him being a young English international footballer with a huge sell on value came into that decision?
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Doesn't matter. We gave him the contract and knew full well how it might end. He could have spent the rest of his career with us, been sold or allowed to run down his contract.
If we would have said, "If after 5 years you have to sign an extension or be sold t the club of our choice",
he wouldn't have signed.
I personally hope that he either signs a new contract or leaves for a good sum this summer.
I doubt that he will move for a good sum and we will decide that it's better for us if he stays rather than get some meaningless amount of money from someone like Barca.
Like we did with Milner.
 
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