Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[pudge]

Pudge never changes, complains about everything the doom and gloom merchant.

Have you no bollocks to even tag the person?

 

[CC1]

£45m and, sorry, the club can hang their heads in shame

So - they refuse to let him go. He plays half-heartedly for the season then walks for free. What would we gain by holding on to a want-away player?

Business decision - a sad one but the right one

 

[mosssideblue]

More than Gabby

In £ please

 

[hammocity]

Yes, perfectly equatable to simply getting less than a player's worth this window.

Goodness, Oh my, you got me good.

One year left, World Cup, not considered as a starter in Pep’s strongest 11, leaves for fuck all this time next year or we get 45m to reinforce the squad with a player on a long contract, no brainer. It’s just business not sentiment, I like Raz as a person and for what he had done for us but it’s a great deal for all concerned.

 

[mosssideblue]

He’s got a year left on his contract. If we turn down £45m this summer and he walks for free next year then THAT would be an awful way to run a business.

Exactly

 

[SWP's back]

I'll be proper sad to see Raheem leave. I hear the arguments but it just feels like a mistake. I guess we can look back on the season in 12 months time and know if it was clever or not.

He leaves now or costs us £65m and leave in 12 months. At that time we still don’t have him and have had no help to get someone new in. I don’t know how someone can understand that and still feel like it’s a mistake.

 

[pudge]

So - they refuse to let him go. He plays half-heartedly for the season then walks for free. What would we gain by holding on to a want-away player?

Business decision - a sad one but the right one

If it's a business decision then why does not accepting, say, £45m equate to "you're staying"?

I personally feel that any negotiations should be north of that, especially if Jesus has just gone for the exact same amount.

I have zero issues with him leaving but believe that a better fee is negotiable given his pedigree and other transfers this window.

But the like merchants have made up their mind seemingly.

 

[abu13]

So - they refuse to let him go. He plays half-heartedly for the season then walks for free. What would we gain by holding on to a want-away player?

Business decision - a sad one but the right one

A prime example can be seen at the swamp with Lingard, they should have accepted West Hams offer.

 

[CC1]

If it's a business decision then why does not accepting, say, £45m equate to "you're staying"?

I personally feel that any negotiations should be north of that, especially if Jesus has just gone for the exact same amount.

I have zero issues with him leaving but believe that a better fee is negotiable given his pedigree and other transfers this window.

But the like merchants have made up their mind seemingly.

Guess everyone has made up their mind - including you. But I think we have to believe that the club know the circumstances better than us & are doing what they think is best.

Not done too badly so far

 

[pudge]

Guess everyone has made up their mind - including you. But I think we have to believe that the club know the circumstances better than us & are doing what they think is best.

Not done too badly so far

On selling fees, for the most part these past ten years or so, I'd say that's certainly an area to improve upon.

Especially if most reason selling a player like Sterling, to a rival, for £45m as it merely helps the books.