calcifer Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 49 million! You are having a laugh! Vastly overpriced! Big deal he can run fast ( runs like a girl tho) and scores some goals.... The media think we are trying extort Liverpool over Benteke yet Liverpool have just mugged Man City. But you have to remember Liverpool are the victims. ... held to ransom over a big baby and held to ransom by Villa.... Can't stand the club and i can't stand the fans they do deserve each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 i don't know, I think he's a major young talent myself and we may see him blossom at City. Aguero may raise Sterlings game the way Suarez did at liverpool Hasn't he got better stats than Ronaldo and Messi at the same age and I think I read he was second only to Hazard in chances created, dribbles and forward passes in the final 3rd in the last 2 seasons. In the same way the media over hyped him they now want to pull him down and he is now not that good because he wants to leave Liverppol. He is 20 years old and at times is superb. But yes he does run funny and has bad touches. Personally I think he is very effective and will be instantly better with and because of Silva and Aguero. Still over priced for a cocky petulant child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) There's mental 'open letter' to sterling in the mirror after Rafa Benitez and Frank McParland had brought you to Liverpool's Academyhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/open-letter-raheem-sterling-liverpool-6054005 Edit Edited July 12, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 There's mental 'open letter' to sterling in the mirror after Rafa Benitez and Frank McParland had brought you to Liverpool's Academy http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/open-letter-raheem-sterling-liverpool-6054005 Sterling was signed by dalglish, a mere 2 years after"rafa" had left. No, he wasn't. He was one of a shit ton of kids scouted out and brought to the club when Rafael overhauled their entire youth setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 They only held out for such a huge fee as they are trying to push the Andy Carroll transfer further down the record table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 There's mental 'open letter' to sterling in the mirror after Rafa Benitez and Frank McParland had brought you to Liverpool's Academyhttp://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/open-letter-raheem-sterling-liverpool-6054005 Sterling was signed by dalglish, a mere 2 years after"rafa" had left. No, he wasn't. He was one of a shit ton of kids scouted out and brought to the club when Rafael overhauled their entire youth setup. Still, mental letter though, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I hope he wins the league with City next season and scores a hat trick in front of the Kop. He's not handled the transfer saga brilliantly but Liverpool are very very good at playing the jealous ex girlfriend. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) I'd be amazed if many people remember him in about five years time. He'll consider himself lucky if he ends up in the MLS. It's not just the fact I don't particularly rate him as a player, but it's the fact his attitude clearly stinks too. This 100% well overhyped player.... I thought the Wilshere love in was bad.... Sterlings love in is on a complete different level and only really started when he moved to Liverdole, the team all the papers have an absolute wankfest about all of the time. For me he will probably get a bit better than he is now, but that will still be nowhere near the "World Class" title a lot of people seem to give him, i think he is just a speed merchant, his touch is ok, shooting is dire, crossing is average. Maybe i am completely missing something but no matter how hard i look i jus dont see the hype. Of course sterling love in would have started when he moved to liverpool. He was 16 at the time. They cant exactly have a media love-in over a 15/16 year old. Has anybody said hes world class? dont think ive seen anyone say that before so so so under rated by a lot of people in this thread. Think itll be easy to come back and quote in a years time Edited July 12, 2015 by gharperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Scousers have been mugging Mancs for years but the Sterling deal tops the lot. Un-be-fuggin-lievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 They only held out for such a huge fee as they are trying to push the Andy Carroll transfer further down the record table Pound for pound that has to go down as one of the worst transfers in the history of the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Loving the outrage from the pro-Liverpool media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 13, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't really understand why City are doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 They only held out for such a huge fee as they are trying to push the Andy Carroll transfer further down the record table Pound for pound that has to go down as one of the worst transfers in the history of the Premier League. Let's see if that's the case in 5 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't really understand why City are doing this. He's 20 years old, will grow into the role and the club, he's a good player and should improve into a very good one. I understand why they are signing him, but even with a loosening of the FFP rules, to be frank City need several players of an even higher quality than Sterling, they need to rebuild, and you have to wonder where the money is now coming from? So from a footballing sense yes, I get it. But it seems like financial suicide to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 13, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2015 I don't really understand why City are doing this. He's 20 years old, will grow into the role and the club, he's a good player and should improve into a very good one. I understand why they are signing him, but even with a loosening of the FFP rules, to be frank City need several players of an even higher quality than Sterling, they need to rebuild, and you have to wonder where the money is now coming from? So from a footballing sense yes, I get it. But it seems like financial suicide to me. That's what I mean. I understand what they gain by having Sterling in the team. But I don't understand why they have gone up to £50m quid to get him in. As others have said, they could have thrown £50m at some other clubs and ended up with a better and more complete player, you would have thought. if they were signing him for £20m then I wouldn't question it for a second. But this seems extortionate. As you say, they need better quality than Sterling. He's not going to be the difference between them not winning and winning the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 They need 3 or 4 players better than Sterling to be honest. They need a central defender and a central midfielder of the very highest quality, minimum. Aguero for all his brilliance is made of glass too and the players backing him up aren't good enough really, I'd have toyed with the idea of moving him on for silly money and making it somebody else's problem. Going off topic sort of but yeah, £49m. Nuts even in this inflated market. Fair play to Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 My issue with it they could have bought better for less but not English, they've bought him solely because he's English, the hype surrounding him has already made him a word removed, can't see it getting any better I think he needs a lot of work to fulfill his potential To be fair though he's one of the few long term plans for city, who IMO target quick fixes, they'll win the league, go quiet, overhaul the squad every 3/4 years with their previous model, they should get 10 years out of sterling but then they should have got 10 years out of nastasic, jovetic etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 not sure if hes put in an official transfer request but jerome sinclair, who is meant to be one of their better youth prospects and broke through at the end of last season, has rejected a new contract and asked to leave after not being included on the pre season tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 They only held out for such a huge fee as they are trying to push the Andy Carroll transfer further down the record table Pound for pound that has to go down as one of the worst transfers in the history of the Premier League. £50mill Torres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Yeah, that'll be one of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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