Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[waspish]

Hopefully £60m. Find out soon enough?

Is it true they come in for Ake?

 

[bluemonkey71]

Surely Txiki has his eye on a young speed merchant somewhere

 

[BlueTG]

He wants to move on. Get over it.

Who was wailing about it?

 

[ancoats]

I have a feeling Liverpool are watching in the background with salad wanting a move

 

[manimanc]

We've had a good run with him and he has resale value as he's only 27.
To get 7 years out of him and sell at a profit however slight is good business.

Thanks for the memories but the club doesn't stand still, wish him well with his new club.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

If we are losing Sterling and Jesus and don’t deliver a top quality replacement for one of them we have weakened our squad.

 

[LongsightM13]

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We've had a good run with him and he has resale value as he's only 27.
To get 7 years out of him and sell at a profit however slight is good business.

Thanks for the memories but the club doesn't stand still, wish him well with his new club.

His ‘book value’ with amortisation is probably close to zero given how long he has been here.
Even £40m is a huge accounting profit.
More than that - and I would expect £50m plus extras given their desperation for a statement and the fact Boehly rather than Marina is negotiating - well, that would be pure gravy

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

I have a feeling Liverpool are watching in the background with salad wanting a move

Surely they burnt their bridges with him with the way he left? He could have been an option if they weren’t so bitter.

 

[handsofstone]

So curious to see what the club does

Jesus leaving isn't a deal with Haaland and Alvarez joining

Having BOTH Raz and Gabby leaving if a different proposition

I don't think we NEED a replacement, but id be very very surprised if we don't directly try to replace Raz

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

If we are losing Sterling and Jesus and don’t deliver a top quality replacement for one of them we have weakened our squad.

I've been saying this all along. We have zero pace then.. It most certainly weakens our squad

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

I've been saying this all along. We have zero pace then.. It most certainly weakens our squad

ZERO PACE.. sure...

 

[Don Corleone]

I've been saying this all along. We have zero pace then.. It most certainly weakens our squad

We don’t need pace. Have you seen us play? All about control

 

[Barcon]

I've been saying this all along. We have zero pace then.. It most certainly weakens our squad

The only people that need pace in our team are Walker and Eddie.

 

[citymad]

I've been saying this all along. We have zero pace then.. It most certainly weakens our squad

Yeh, thats shame. It's a pity Haaland doesnt have any pace.

 

[BlueBanger]

If we are losing Sterling and Jesus and don’t deliver a top quality replacement for one of them we have weakened our squad.

We just signed Haaland and Alvarez. Haaland is elite...

The squad from our title winning season will change like this:

Haaland>Gabby
Alvarez>Raz
Phillips>Fern

Plus, if we sign Cucurella we are a senior man up from last season.

We get a top 3 striker in world football, an exciting and versatile attacker with brilliant numbers(who can also effectively cover for Haaland unlike last seasons squad), a prime midfield general, and if Cucurella comes off, a natural LB for the first time in years.

Even if Alvarez doesn't hit the ground running, Palmer showed more than enough at the start of last season to step up. I'd say we are in fantastic shape.

 

[citymad]

I genuinely feel Sterling will struggle elsewhere. Not many teams lay chances on the goal line like we do. We played to his strengths. I think 50M will be good business and about the right market price.

 

[lol yank]

I’m apparently banned from the glory thread. Can someone tell me how long that’s effective?

This seems all but done. Gl to the lad. Hope to see cucu lock him up next year.

 

[AlanBalls]

City have known for a while that Sterling might leave. The club has also known for a while that Jesus was VERY likely to leave.

If we don’t sign a winger, it’s not for lack of planning. It’s because we’re betting on Palmer (or other), or we don’t think there’s a suitable replacement on the market (or both).

This isn’t an instance of lack of ability to pivot / improvise. It’s been known.

 

[Constantine]

I did say it might be a load of bollocks :-)

Just needed to vent. I'll probably delete it in a few hours.

Still wouldn't swap Pep for anyone, fwiw.

Yeah, a load of bollocks as you say. Very disrespectful toward Mahrez. I don't get it when a poster defends a player by downing another. FYI, Pep rates Mahrez extremely highly and Mahrez earns only a third of Sterling's wages.

 

[ancoats]

ZERO PACE.. sure...

Any scouts watching Haaland would be reporting back saying pay whatever it takes to get him, he's got everything and more, £51 million sheik mansour must have had a dick turpin mask on that day