Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[SamBlue]

Palmer and McAtee are absolutely nowhere near the level of Jesus and Sterling.......

Totally agree, that is some crazy Delap talk, or this rag's obsession with donkeying youngsters into cul-de-sac just to prove to them how inadequate they are. Apart from Foden, Brahim Diaz was the only other youth player who was totally complete as a football player (at his age level) and he almost made it. Pep was ready to keep him, but he blinked and jumped the ship. Palmer had moments, but Foden is a blue-print what level a youth player needs to be and how long it takes to climb to the level the bald fraud took us to. We talk here about generational talents.

But this is Raheem discussion, I find it scary we shall in all probability loose both him and Jesus in the same transfer window. "Unbelievable Jeff!"

 

[jrb]

It’s a strange one.

Since we started building our current winning teams back in 2008, we’ve tended not to lose any of our key players in their prime.

We keep them in our team til their careers are more or less done, and maybe have one last move in them - so as fans, we’re ready to say goodbye.

Clearly both Gabby at 25 and Raz at 27 both have a good chunk of their careers ahead of them - and are leaving us for PL rivals - so this is a very different situation for us.

To watch two players who’ve been integral to us winning 4 PL titles plus a load of cups along the way spending years at a rival is a new one for us, and it will take some adjustment to get our heads around seeing them playing for Arsenal and Chelsea given their place in our recent history.

Jesus couldn't get a regular starting place. Sterling didn't want to sign a new contract and let his contract run down. And that was during the season we didn't have any stikers. Now City have 2 new strikers who will play most weeks. That leaves Jesus and Sterling (to a lesser extent) out in the cold. They both have no choice but to move on.

 

[Jack74]

TBH, Raheem never had a proper chant.

The top of the league chant was only sung when City were top of the league.

Which was most weeks tbf

 

[jonah62]

2 players gone with a combined fee of 100 million when in 10 months we’d get zero
Over 400 thousand a week saved, now in the bank to utilise for other signings
In the cold light of day, seems like good business
New contract had been sat on the table a long time, can’t say we didn’t try to keep him
Good luck to Gabby and Raz.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Jesus couldn't get a regular starting place. Sterling didn't want to sign a new contract and let his contract run down. And that was during the season we didn't have any stikers. Now City have 2 new strikers who will play most weeks. That leaves Jesus and Sterling (to a lesser extent) out in the cold. They both have no choice but to move on.

I get all that - but the post was about why losing these two feels a bit different to how key players normally leave us.

Logically it’s the right time for both to move - absolutely.

But we’re not talking logic here.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Snail.

More like a giant tortoise!

 

[SamBlue]

It’s a strange one.

Since we started building our current winning teams back in 2008, we’ve tended not to lose any of our key players in their prime.....

Edin Dzeko strongly disagrees with you, went to score 100+ goas for crappy Roma, him and Yaya were brutal in 2014 getting us to the second PL title. Just saying.

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Edin Dzeko strongly disagrees with you, went to score 100+ goas for crappy Roma, him and Taya were brutal in 2014 getting us to the second PL title. Just saying.

I did say we ‘tended not to lose them’ - clearly there have been exceptions, but it really hasn’t happened very often.

And crucially - it hasn’t happened to a PL rival. Milner was the last time I can think of.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Jesus couldn't get a regular starting place. Sterling didn't want to sign a new contract and let his contract run down. And that was during the season we didn't have any stikers. Now City have 2 new strikers who will play most weeks. That leaves Jesus and Sterling (to a lesser extent) out in the cold. They both have no choice but to move on.

Exactly. We can keep Raheem at a cost to us of around 65-70m for the next season (15m in wages and 50m in transfer fee) or sell him on as he will not be signing a new contract.

It’s a no brainier for me. Sell him on for super money and watch Chelsea fans tearing their hair out as he scuffs chance after chance.

Fuck him.

 

[threespires]

On and off the field, Raheem has done himself and the club proud. During his time with us he grew as a player and by all accounts as a person too. He has behaved with great dignity and poise in the face of the crap he has had to put up with from various quarters.

An integral part of a great era, I will look back on his career with us with affection.