Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[madloaf]

Good player for us, just could not step up to the next level.

Was at the top level. There is no other level. (except for 6 months... Where he was right shit)

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Good move for all parties. Thanks for your contribution (and it was substantial) Raz. Best wishes for you and your family for the future.

 

[Spandau Billy]

Could someone clarify the following.

1. Have terms now been agreed between Sterling and Chelsea?
2. Have Chelsea offered us a transfer fee and/or agreed terms with us?

3. Have City accepted the fee?

 

[lee one pen]

He is world class at carrying the ball 20yrds but very limited at a final ball, finishing and hold up play. Seen as he would of gone for nothing in 12 months this is a brilliant deal for us.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Could someone clarify the following.

1. Have terms now been agreed between Sterling and Chelsea?

2. Have Chelsea offered us a transfer fee and/or agreed terms with us?

3. Have City accepted the fee?

1. It is being reported that they have,
2. Imminent
3. Potentially imminently.

 

[Barcon]

Could someone clarify the following.

1. Have terms now been agreed between Sterling and Chelsea?
2. Have Chelsea offered us a transfer fee and/or agreed terms with us?

3. Have City accepted the fee?

No

 

[manimanc]

Could someone clarify the following.

1. Have terms now been agreed between Sterling and Chelsea?
2. Have Chelsea offered us a transfer fee and/or agreed terms with us?

3. Have City accepted the fee?

No.
No.

And
No.
Nothing breaking, just twatter rumours.

 

[Constantine]

Could someone clarify the following.

1. Have terms now been agreed between Sterling and Chelsea?
2. Have Chelsea offered us a transfer fee and/or agreed terms with us?

3. Have City accepted the fee?

The first point was reported yesterday by major news media. See SSN, BBC, Independent, Telegraph, etc. See page 486 of this thread as per title.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Well yeah, I wouldn't exactly feel a connection with this fanbase if I was him. Partly because of what you've just pointed out. The shit that gets said on social media and in the stands about him every week is enough to put me off a large portion of you so I can't imagine how it feels for him.

Raheem Sterling is the example of a player who has had the media trying to bring him down ever since he made it big. He's suffered countless instances of racist abuse from inside and outside the stadium by gammon fans of all different clubs, including ours.

I'd start seeing it as nothing more than a job, too and I don't get why people act like a guy who has put up with so much shit for so long and seen his name dragged through the mud so many times owes anyone anything.

You guys can't help but have constant digs at him and make insinuations about his personality but I'll leave you with the words of somebody who actually knows and has worked with him; Kevin De Bruyne. I'd like to think they carry a bit more weight than your ten a penny bitter blue:




I am a brutally honest person. So I will let you in on a little secret. Before I came to Manchester City, I didn’t really know what to make of this Raheem Sterling guy. I had never met him, and from what I’d read about him in the English press, I thought he was going to be a very different character.

I thought.…

Well.…

I didn’t think he’d be a bad guy, really. But the tabloids were always claiming that he was arrogant. So I guess I thought he’d be … what do the English call it?

A bit of a dickhead, maybe?

Raheem and I have this strong connection, because we arrived at City around the same time, and there was a lot of negativity about us in the press. They said I was “the Chelsea reject.” They said Raheem was this flashy guy who left Liverpool for money. They said we were difficult characters.

Of course, when you read this stuff about yourself, you think, Me? I’m not difficult. This is ridiculous. These people don’t even know me! But honestly, when you read about other players, it influences the way you think. You can’t help it.

Then I got to City and I actually met Raheem, and we’d talk a bit after training, and I thought, Wait, this guy seems really cool? What’s the story here?

Truthfully, I don’t have many close friends — inside or outside of football. It takes me a really long time to open up to people. But over time, I got closer to Raheem, because our sons were born around the same time, so they would always play together. I really got to know Raheem, and I recognized what a smart and genuine person he is. He couldn’t be more different from what the tabloids were saying.

This is the real truth: Raheem is one of the nicest, most humble guys I’ve met in football.

Great post, and thanks for the quote from KDB, hadn’t read that before

 

[JewelZee]

So Chelsea would be a threat to us IF they signed De Ligt, Ronaldo, Raphinha, Sterling and De Jong? Just those 5, yes?

Presumably they'd have to sell at least 4 others to make way or are they playing the previous front players in defence given that they don't seem to possess one at the moment?

Why are you so determined to have Chelsea as a title contender?

Fuck Chelsea...