Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[applecentral]

As a striker though?

He can’t strike a match!

 

[applecentral]

I don't know who is out there that you can sign as a direct Sterling replacement.

But he wants to go and if he wants to go now he would presumably want to go at the end of his deal. Better to grab a fee and get his wages off the books because he was very far from being a nailed-on starter for the coming year.

I halfway wonder if you might see more of Bernardo on the right wing such as was done in the second half of the 18/19 season. Phillips, Foden, Grealish, or even McAtee picking up more of the minutes in midfield.

Pep's City have shown us that you don't necessarily "replace" a departed player - more so find other ways to use the ones you have.

Neymar could rock up. It wouldn’t surprise me.

 

[The Goods]

Neymar could rock up. It wouldn’t surprise me.

Don’t need the baggage, thank you

 

[applecentral]

If we bring in a natural LB, we’re probably going to use inverted wingers again so…

Left wing - Grealish and…? Maybe Cancelo?
Right wing - Mahrez, Foden, Palmer.

Probably a LW that we’re missing.

Dare I say the N word?

Neymar?

Go on. I dare you!

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Would Bayern sell him though. Is he for sale?

Thought somebody earlier mentioned that he isn't signing a contract Bayern offered him.

 

[Tony - MCFC]

Good player in his time here but he looked a little disinterested, didn’t start as many games (certainly not big games) and regressed.
Time to move on.

 

[Gumzy97]

Would Bayern sell him though. Is he for sale?

Yea available for 40 mil. 1 year left on his current contract

 

[applecentral]

Don’t need the baggage, thank you

I agree. But

 

[lightning Rodri]

Yea available for 40 mil. 1 year left on his current contract

Isn't he asking for wage parity with Sane which is rumoured to be pretty high ?

 

[WestGorton]

Pretty much my view too, especially if he isn’t signing a new contract.

I think Sterling and Haaland would work well but I get he has had seven years with us and won a bucket load. If he goes nothing but love from me like for Gabby.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think Sterling and Haaland would work well but I get he has had seven years with us and won a bucket load. If he goes nothing but love from me like for Gabby.

Totally agree. They’ve given their all and want to go somewhere else. No bitterness or animosity, just wish them all the best, except in the weeks leading up to games against us where they slip on a banana skin and are out for 10 days.

He used to win Leagues,
He used to win Leeeeeeeee-agues,
Raheem Sterling
He used to win Leagues.

 

[bluemoon32]

Personally i think we'd be mad to sell him to Chelsea

 

[blueparrot]

Personally i think we'd be mad to sell him to Chelsea

Its up to him though isn’t it. We could refuse but lose £50/ 60 million to delay it a year.

 

[MCFC1993]

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He's spoke to Tuchel who will make him a key player in their team.

 

[Beanhead]

We will miss his movement.

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Get what we can for him now, its better than fuck all in 12 months time

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Its up to him though isn’t it. We could refuse but lose £50/ 60 million to delay it a year.

Exactly, we either keep him and let him choose who he wants to go to in a year’s time or we take what we can and part ways.

We were never going to assure him of playing time, so unless he played every game, he was never signing a new contract anyway.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

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He's spoke to Tuchel who will make him a key player in their team.

This is the other part of the equation that we can’t discount. Sterling feels like he should be playing every big game but Pep doesn’t see him as an untouchable in the team

there is only one player in our squad that plays every big game if he’s fit and Sterling is nowhere near Kevin’s level or importance

you can imagine the state of his face when he had to tell him again that’s he’s not picked for Real Madrid but that he needs him for Newcastle at the weekend

no sad faces….. easy decision for Pep in the end.

 

[Baggins.mcfc]

We will miss his movement.

We will but not his dithering on the ball, unable to make a decision. But he has been great for us overall. Money talks though, 50 million would be a great deal for the club.

 

[yankblue]

Its up to him though isn’t it. We could refuse but lose £50/ 60 million to delay it a year.

I think even outside of the monetary aspect, we really don't want to be seen as a club that refuses to sell or holds players hostage when they want to leave.

Like him or not, Sterling has been a great servant to the club and played a large part in our successes over the past 7 years. I'm sure City brass would strongly prefer he didn't want to move to a rival, but more importantly we want to be seen as a club that does right by our players.

It'll help with future transfers and it is just genuinely the right thing to do.