How long can we carrry a player like Sterling?

[G Richards]

If he goes investing the money in Dybala and Depay would be good.

[Longview1982]

Arsenal sell as many top players as we do, Van Persie, Nasri, Song and Fabregas will attest to that recently. Theres actually not much difference between the clubs in the last 10 years. We fell off massively after Rafa but we where ahead of them for most of Rafa's reign and we where ahead of them last season.

 

I can understand if he wants to live in London, but the winning more trophies argument is bullshit and he knows it.

 

I agree with you, but by the same token Rodgers stating that "...if the club don't want to sell we don't have to.." is also bullshit, as was proven by Suarez.

 

Sterling's "interview" and his agent's public statements have done him no favours, but Rodgers and LFC have been very free with their public statements and briefings against him - as they have been in other contract negotiations. 

 

Henry admitted that the club had lied to Suarez during their very public dispute. We've also seen Gerrard have his hand forced by the club's unique approach to contract negotiations. Plus, there's the fact that our supposed captain next season, Henderson, has had his contract renewal left unresolved and will be within 12 months of it ending before anything is decided. There is also this rather unedifying episode with Sterling. 

 

There's a pattern of poor conduct here and a common theme amongst all of this and it isn't the players. 

[Longview1982]

also if we had £50m and £100+k a week we could sign someone better than him...Champions league or not, We could get Reus for that.

 

How did that whole replacing Suarez with £75m thing pan out?

 

Here's the reality for chumps like you who value macho posturing and sounding tough over actually creating a football team that can win trophies in the modern era:

 

Raheem Sterling is exactly the kind of player that FSG tell us they are trying to bring to the club. They have spent very large sums of money on bringing in players from abroad who are a couple of years older than Sterling and haven't achieved Sterling's stats at the highest level.

 

It is self-defeating to penny-pinch when you already have at the club the kind of player you are scouring Europe for. Given what we saw last summer, what would FSG pay to a German, French or Portuguese club (or Southampton) for a 20 year old who had Sterling's stats? £30m? What wages would they pay him? £80k-£100k? 

 

Additionally, there is no risk involved with Sterling. He's here now. He's delivering excellent goals, assists, chances created, dribbling stats that stack up against the very best. We're spending huge sums on young players who haven't delivered what he has at that age, and who are a gamble on whether they will deliver what Sterling does already.

 

Imagine what we'd be saying about Markovic if he'd delivered the stats that Sterling has this season? He'd be described as a roaring success. An absolute bargain. Sterling, a younger player, having actually delivered those stats finds himself having his contribution diminished and undervalued.

 

£150k a week for Sterling is exactly the kind of investment we need to be making. It would be the lowest risk one we will make over the summer.

 

As for Reus, is he going to sign for a club that sells off it's best players every season?

[billypilgrimnz]

150k a week for Sterling is absolute nonsense and a terrible decision. You don't know what you are talking about.

[Longview1982]

150k a week for Sterling is absolute nonsense and a terrible decision. You don't know what you are talking about.

 

Football is all about opinions. That's why even naive, shite ones like yours still matter.

 

Given how wage inflation within the highest level of football in England has risen, and the new TV deal that's been agreed, you'll be disappointed to hear that £150k a week isn't that big a deal amongst the top 5 clubs. Except for us. 

 

Look up the total wage bills for the clubs above us in the league. Average that out over their squad number and see what figure you get. Factor in that Sterling is, right now, one of our most important players and you'll see that £150k is only remarkable in the minds of fans that have an unrealistic view of how football works.

 

If you don't like that world then that's perfectly fine, but let's not pretend that the figure Sterling is seeking is somehow extraordinary and out of keeping with English clubs at the level we claim we want to compete with. 

[Iceman]

Pay him and you make a statement that you want the best young talent to play in your shiny new stadium. Buy some shit hot players this summer to make him feel like staying is actually the right option and you make another statement. If the player is intent on leaving there's nothing you can do. 

[razor]

So if Sterling is worth 150, what is Couthino worth?  And Henderson?  And Sakho?  And Ibe?  And Skrtel?  And Can?

 

And anyone we want to buy?

 

If we give this greedy young boy what he wants, everything changes.

[billypilgrimnz]

So if Sterling is worth 150, what is Couthino worth?  And Henderson?  And Sakho?  And Ibe?  And Skrtel?  And Can?

 

And anyone we want to buy?

 

If we give this greedy young boy what he wants, everything changes.

 

Exactly. He is not worth 150k a week. And to pay him that because you want the club to make some kind of statement is just dumb, unless that statement is "We overpay players because we are scared that, if we don't hold on to our own moderately talented players by bending over to them when they demand it, we may never attract anyone decent ever again," or, in shorter form "We are fucking morons."

[billypilgrimnz]

Football is all about opinions. That's why even naive, shite ones like yours still matter.

 

Given how wage inflation within the highest level of football in England has risen, and the new TV deal that's been agreed, you'll be disappointed to hear that £150k a week isn't that big a deal amongst the top 5 clubs. Except for us. 

 

Look up the total wage bills for the clubs above us in the league. Average that out over their squad number and see what figure you get. Factor in that Sterling is, right now, one of our most important players and you'll see that £150k is only remarkable in the minds of fans that have an unrealistic view of how football works.

 

If you don't like that world then that's perfectly fine, but let's not pretend that the figure Sterling is seeking is somehow extraordinary and out of keeping with English clubs at the level we claim we want to compete with. 

 

(a) the fact that Sterling is one of most important players (which I don't agree with anyway) says more about the state of our squad than Sterling. Should Burnley be playing their best player 150k a week? 

(b ) we will compete with the other clubs by buying better players and not wasting millions and millions of pounds on transfer fees and wages for players that don't deserve it. Paying over the odds for average players is something we are experts at already. Funny that you should wish for us to simply continue doing that on a much larger scale.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Hysteria setting in on here I see. I'll just wait to see what happens.

[Jairzinho]

[therevivalist]

What has this little wanker achieved to earn 150k? Absolute insanity. He has potential and that's it. Let's see how he develops and what he can do with his potential for a couple more season's and we'll talk about this kind of money. At the stage he's now, the 100k he rejected was way above his grade. I wouldn't have gone above 90k and if he wants to go, the hell with him, sell him and just reinvest properly.

[Josef Svejk]

Hysteria setting in on here I see. I'll just wait to see what happens.

 

[Jairzinho]

[Major Tom]

Do you ever sleep, J?

[bouncebrigade]

Euro-nly as good as your last game, Sterling.

[Chairman Meow]

It's about winning trophies and he wants to go to Arsenal? They're as shit at winning things as we are in recent years.

 

If he wasn't so stupid maybe he would have enough sense to realise most people aren't stupid enough to believe that.

 

Fuck him, I hope he fucks off elsewhere and does a couple of hamstrings the arrogant little cunt. 

[Phoenix]

So if Sterling is worth 150, what is Couthino worth?  And Henderson?  And Sakho?  And Ibe?  And Skrtel?  And Can?

 

And anyone we want to buy?

 

If we give this greedy young boy what he wants, everything changes.

 

 

They are worth what clubs are willing to pay them. 

 

None of the others would get 100k a week at another club never mind anymore.

[ratcatcher]

Coutinho, Henderson, Skrtel and possibly Can would all get more than they're on here at other clubs.

[magicrat]

Hysteria setting in on here I see. I'll just wait to see what happens.

Wise . Be more gnashing of teeth and hair pulling later when today's reports of Utd about to launch a 50m bid get circulated. If you were a sports hack what story could you invent that would wind up Liverpool fans to an even bigger frenzy ?

[Russ Atmosphere]

Wise . Be more gnashing of teeth and hair pulling later when today's reports of Utd about to launch a 50m bid get circulated. If you were a sports hack what story could you invent that would wind up Liverpool fans to an even bigger frenzy ?

You've a low opinion of this virtuous profession. Is it the Martin Freeman role in a Conservative party political broadcast?

[Bobby Hundreds]

I hate footballers.

[ratcatcher]

So some people seriously believe the likes of united and chelsea wouldnt be in the slightest bit interested in sterling and its all down to some lazy hack wanting to wind up fans?

 

Weird.

[billypilgrimnz]

They are worth what clubs are willing to pay them.

Isn't that the whole bloody point? We aren't willing to pay what he wants? Does not that suggest he's not worth what he is asking for?

 

Yet we still have people on here saying the club should pay him what he wants. You can't have it both ways.

 

 

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[Jairzinho]

Do you ever sleep, J?

 

Very seldom.