£49 million for Raheem Sterling

***jacomo*** · 12-07-2015 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee

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Great bit of business now watch Liverpool waste it on more *****.

You've already spent it a chunk of it. Now it depends what happens with Balotelli I guess.

**Platinum Scotty** · 12-07-2015 06:25 PM

Agree totally

His agent is a class act but hey they seem to be happy!!

**Pete** · 12-07-2015 06:38 PM

The really distasteful thing is that he doesn't really want to be there. He's stated several times that he wants to go to arsenal and that could have happened next season. Money and agents have basically engineered this transfer.

It's getting further and further away.

He probably won't even get a game for City!

***erin go bragh*** · 12-07-2015 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by peter douglas

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The really distasteful thing is that he doesn't really want to be there. He's stated several times that he wants to go to arsenal and that could have happened next season. Money and agents have basically engineered this transfer.

It's getting further and further away.

Arsenal might get him on the cheap next season .

GGTTH

***Stonewall*** · 12-07-2015 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by Billy Whizz

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Speak for yourself.

***matty_f*** · 12-07-2015 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by J-C

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Not me, BT

Then you're still contributing.

**~~The_Horde~~** · 12-07-2015 07:10 PM

Is 10m for Scott allan unrealistic?..

**Squealing pig** · 12-07-2015 07:10 PM

Crazy price tag for potential

***tamig*** · 12-07-2015 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by HoboHarry

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Lunacy. He will be gone from City within two years in my opinion but hey, he will be a wealthy young man. Maybe that is what is important to him.

He would have been a very wealthy young man if he'd signed the new contract his own club offered him. Money grabbing at it's most obscene imo. I hope he flops big time.

***Hibs Class*** · 12-07-2015 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by tamig

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He would have been a very wealthy young man if he'd signed the new contract his own club offered him. Money grabbing at it's most obscene imo. I hope he flops big time.

Agree completely. Has shown his lack of class. Suspect he'll take the same petulant approach to work his way out of city in a year or two. Unbelievably, he may actually be a player I dislike even more than Ashley Cole, which is quite an achievement!

***tamig*** · 12-07-2015 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by PISTOL1875

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even more over-rated that Andy Carroll ???

I don't think Andy Carroll was over-rated at all. Sure, the transfer fee Liverpool paid was OTT but I think the only problem with Carroll has been his bad luck with injury. Great player when fit imo.

***tamig*** · 12-07-2015 07:25 PM

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Agree completely. Has shown his lack of class. Suspect he'll take the same petulant approach to work his way out of city in a year or two. Unbelievably, he may actually be a player I dislike even more than Ashley Cole, which is quite an achievement!

I was going to cite Ashley Cole in my post - but he is a different kettle of fish altogether as far as I'm concerned. What he did was inexcusable.

***Speedy*** · 12-07-2015 07:25 PM

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He would have been a very wealthy young man if he'd signed the new contract his own club offered him. Money grabbing at it's most obscene imo. I hope he flops big time.

Harsh imo.

Firstly, if a rival company offered me double my current salary for doing the same job I'd snap their hands off.

Secondly, from a footballing perspective Sterling is signing for a better team, he'll be playing Champions League and will have a better chance of winning things. (He may not feature as much as he thinks but if you want to be the best you can you need to stretch yourself)

Thirdly, Liverpool are getting a great deal so he's got no reason to feel guilty.

***tamig*** · 12-07-2015 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by deano88

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Harsh imo.

Firstly, if a rival company offered me double my current salary for doing the same job I'd snap their hands off.

Secondly, from a footballing perspective Sterling is signing for a better team, he'll be playing Champions League and will have a better chance of winning things. (He may not feature as much as he thinks but if you want to be the best you can you need to stretch yourself)

Thirdly, Liverpool are getting a great deal so he's got no reason to feel guilty.

I don't really buy that. For me there probably comes a point where money is no object - and that's at EPL pay levels. Anybody earning over 30k a week is on a very good number imo. If it gets to 100k thats crazy stuff. I don't see how anything beyond that can make too much of a difference as you're already well set for life and could see out the rest of your days in supreme comfort. Maybe that's just me though.

***J-C*** · 12-07-2015 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by matty_f

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Then you're still contributing.

Well some, the majority still from SKY, BT only have a few games and now Champions League, tbh the little I pay doesn't bother me a bit, look across the pond to USA and see the money in American Football, just the same, also baseball.

***HibbiesandtheBaddies*** · 12-07-2015 07:49 PM

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Great bit of business now watch Liverpool waste it on more *****.

They'll waste it on over-priced shellsuits, home perm kits and stick on moustaches.....

***Baader*** · 12-07-2015 07:50 PM

Cost city over £10m than they paid for Sergio Aguero which is utterly ludicrous.

**stoneyburn hibs** · 12-07-2015 08:00 PM

It's a crazy amount of money for an up to date Wright Phillips.

**iwasthere1972** · 12-07-2015 08:03 PM

Good bit of business by Liverpool to get £49 million, less the reported £10 million that QPR will get, for a player who didn't want to be there. Hopefully they'll spend it wisely although I suspect that they will be asked for daft money for any player that they are looking to replace Sterling with.

The football world has gone absolutely crazy. I blame Sky. I would love it just love it if they went bust.

***blackpoolhibs*** · 12-07-2015 08:08 PM

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Me neither.

***Hibernia&Alba*** · 12-07-2015 08:08 PM

He will be the most expensive under 21 player in history. He certainly has raw talent, but it's very raw and he needs to grow up off the field. £49 million brings huge expectations.

***SteveHFC*** · 12-07-2015 08:11 PM

£49m

Really hope the owner of Man city ends up pulling his money from the club and it would be funny to watch City struggling again.

***FitbaFolkKen*** · 12-07-2015 08:40 PM

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Less mental than the Sterling deal, but again showing that the EPL has too much money floating about. I read the other day that Scott Dann was signing a new £65k a week deal at Crystal Palace. He's no a bad centre half by any means, but that's a ridiculous wage.

Everton tried to buy him for 8 million and were told it would take at least 15.....

**~~PISTOL1875~~** · 12-07-2015 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by peter douglas

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The really distasteful thing is that he doesn't really want to be there. He's stated several times that he wants to go to arsenal and that could have happened next season. Money and agents have basically engineered this transfer.

It's getting further and further away.

He probably won't even get a game for City!

***Speedy*** · 12-07-2015 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by tamig

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I don't really buy that. For me there probably comes a point where money is no object - and that's at EPL pay levels. Anybody earning over 30k a week is on a very good number imo. If it gets to 100k thats crazy stuff. I don't see how anything beyond that can make too much of a difference as you're already well set for life and could see out the rest of your days in supreme comfort. Maybe that's just me though.

You're right. When you earn that much you can afford to be choosy.

But from a footballing perspective it's easy to see why he'd rather be at City than Liverpool.

**~~PISTOL1875~~** · 12-07-2015 08:46 PM

If everyone takes a step=back from the Raheem bashing for a second and think about it... RS wanted to leave Liverpool because they are letting their best players go and he will end up winning hee haw if he stays there..

If you played for Hibs and Celtic came calling every with the promise of a better wage packet and European football along with the chance of winning trophies , every single person on this forum would be away...

**iwasthere1972** · 12-07-2015 08:49 PM

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If everyone takes a step=back from the Raheem bashing for a second and think about it... RS wanted to leave Liverpool because they are letting their best players go and he will end up winning hee haw if he stays there..

If you played for Hibs and Celtic came calling every with the promise of a better wage packet and European football along with the chance of winning trophies , every single person on this forum would be away...

Aye but they would need a bench the length of Princes Street and none of us would get a game.

***CapitalGreen*** · 12-07-2015 08:51 PM

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If everyone takes a step=back from the Raheem bashing for a second and think about it... RS wanted to leave Liverpool because they are letting their best players go and he will end up winning hee haw if he stays there..

If you played for Hibs and Celtic came calling every with the promise of a better wage packet and European football along with the chance of winning trophies , every single person on this forum would be away...

Fair enough if someone wants to leave for a better club but not turning for training is unacceptable at any level.

**Sir David Gray** · 12-07-2015 08:54 PM

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If everyone takes a step=back from the Raheem bashing for a second and think about it... RS wanted to leave Liverpool because they are letting their best players go and he will end up winning hee haw if he stays there..

If you played for Hibs and Celtic came calling every with the promise of a better wage packet and European football along with the chance of winning trophies , every single person on this forum would be away...

Speak for yourself.