The thing is Raheem now gets us more points than Silva or Kun and so he should at least be on a par despite their past contributions.
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Sterling’s contract - three year extension confirmed
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That's debatable.The thing is Raheem now gets us more points than Silva or Kun and so he should at least be on a par despite their past contributions.
I’d be pretty gutted if Sterling left tbh. It’d be the first player that we’ve lost at their peak since Shaun Wright-Phillips, I think.Tevez, Dzeko, Bianchi & Milner.
The hierarchy at City will have weighed up all of the variables of what they consider he’s worth. Unfortunately, so will his agent, which is where the problem is. Hopefully the difference will be met somewhere in the middle & he’ll sign.
He’s improved immensely over the past 24 months & is one of the first names on the team sheet. Is he at the level of Kun, Dave or KDB......I’d suggest not yet. However, he’s English and I’m struggling to think of an English player at his standard not already at City, other than Kane. Bearing that in mind, we’d HAVE to replace him with an English player, so if it’s not Kane, it’ll be a downgrade. Supply & demand would suggest that Sterling’s team feel have the upper hand, so are probably playing hard ball. In the mad football industry in England, I think he deserves it. Taking it away from football, he’s an employee who knows his value.
Having said all of that, I find it fucking ludicrous that people are arsed about earing any extra money when they’re already on £180K or whatever a week. Takes me a whole fucking month to earn that!!!!
He’s improved immensely over the past 24 months & is one of the first names on the team sheet. Is he at the level of Kun, Dave or KDB......I’d suggest not yet. However, he’s English and I’m struggling to think of an English player at his standard not already at City, other than Kane. Bearing that in mind, we’d HAVE to replace him with an English player, so if it’s not Kane, it’ll be a downgrade. Supply & demand would suggest that Sterling’s team feel have the upper hand, so are probably playing hard ball. In the mad football industry in England, I think he deserves it. Taking it away from football, he’s an employee who knows his value.
Having said all of that, I find it fucking ludicrous that people are arsed about earing any extra money when they’re already on £180K or whatever a week. Takes me a whole fucking month to earn that!!!!
Neville Kneville
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He looks like he's gone up another level again.
Of course if there was any truth in the idea that Real Madrid want to sign him, then it's not impossible he could fancy it, baring in mind the shit he gets over here.
But he does seem to be happy where he is.
I could understand him wanting to leave this country if a Madrid or Barca wanted him though. It's full of dipper/rag loving ****s in the media.
Of course if there was any truth in the idea that Real Madrid want to sign him, then it's not impossible he could fancy it, baring in mind the shit he gets over here.
But he does seem to be happy where he is.
I could understand him wanting to leave this country if a Madrid or Barca wanted him though. It's full of dipper/rag loving ****s in the media.
Maybe it's debatable with DS. But Sterling scores almost as many as Kun and he certainly creates more for others.That's debatable.
He looks like he's gone up another level again.
Of course if there was any truth in the idea that Real Madrid want to sign him, then it's not impossible he could fancy it, baring in mind the shit he gets over here.
But he does seem to be happy where he is.
I could understand him wanting to leave this country if a Madrid or Barca wanted him though. It's full of dipper/rag loving ****s in the media.
He's certainly stepping up to any challenge being laid down, whether thats from Mahrez's arrival or earning the big contract.
Neville Kneville
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He's certainly stepping up to any challenge being laid down, whether thats from Mahrez's arrival or earning the big contract.
It might just be down to having Pep, pushing him.
We will probably see the same from Sane, as the season goes on.
Mahrez is imo obviously nervous at the moment, but I expect we'll see him go up several levels over time, too.
But in Sterling's case, a move to someone like Madrid, must be more tempting than for most, due to the constant bullying he gets here.
My guess is that we have a finely balanced wage structure and we don't want to disrupt it.
Our wage structure is going to get disrupted.
We bought Sané at 21, Sterling at 20, Jesus at 19, Mendy at 22, Stones at 23, Bernardo at 23, Laporte at 23. All young players with world class potential, under the best manager in world football.
Either our wage bill is going to go through the roof as those players hit their potential and come up for renewal, or we're going to sell a lot of world class players, or those players are going to fail to deliver on their potential.
Those are the options. You cannot have world class players on the cheap.
The first Mansour era team had 4 world class players. Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Yaya. They got paid accordingly.
Pep's team is going to have 7 or 8 world class players, and they're going to get paid accordingly, so the wage bill is going to skyrocket.
Thomas Hearns
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Pay the kid whatever it takes to get him to sign.
Pay the kid whatever it takes to get him to sign.