Sterling's new deal.

[Pureblood]

Blah blah blah, that's what I think. 

[aws]

Raheem celebrated his 20th birthday three days ago.

ritchie was right then.

[ratcatcher]

Of course the player's agent is going to try and get the most for the player. I wouldnt expect anything less. Just like the club will want to pay him the least it can while convincing him to sign.

 

But I dont subscribe to the naive outlook that its a non story either. Unless you think any player will just sign a contract because 'we are Liverpool.'

[magicrat]

one thing he needs to do is increase the power in his shooting. It's pathetic at the minute.

Very true and something they should have been working on week in week out. Obviously they're not.

[JermainePennant]

His agent is just looking to get the best deal for his client, he knows it's in his best interests to stay and continue his development here. Nothing story.

 

This, it would be madness for sterling to leave at this point of his career especially if he went somewhere like madrid.

[Fugitive]

20 years old and turns down 70k a week.

 

I fucking hate football today.

[RoboRiise]

20 years old and turns down 70k a week.

 

I fucking hate football today.

 

Indeed.  Just over three and a half year's pay for me that.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Please universe let this football bubble burst and these greedy fucks to get ripped off by their accountants.

[Lee909]

The day the football bubble burst will be a great day.

There will be a short term hurt but long term it should bring the game back from the an gents,corporate knobs

[stringvest]

Of course the player's agent is going to try and get the most for the player. I wouldnt expect anything less. Just like the club will want to pay him the least it can while convincing him to sign.

 

But I dont subscribe to the naive outlook that its a non story either. Unless you think any player will just sign a contract because 'we are Liverpool.'

 

You are food and drink to the tabloids, ratty.  

[stringvest]

one thing he needs to do is increase the power in his shooting. It's pathetic at the minute.

 

from his foot anyway

[Dr. J]

The money's obscene but I don't blame the players - if I was one, I'd be for getting all I could when I could. The other day I was approached by a prospective employer that asked me to complete one of those online applications. In the salary part they asked me for a minimum and, stupidly, a maximum. For the latter, I wrote 'infinity'.

 

Most of these kids hit the genetic jackpot in terms of physical skills but are otherwise mongs. They need to get it while they can.

[Bjornebye]

If someone wants to play 40+ million for him i'd be happy to sell him. It is inevitable he is going to pull the cunt with us sooner or later. he isn't that good anyway. Plus his haircut is shit. 

[stringvest]

who asks for your opinion on your maximum salary?  Fucking hell.

[Dr. J]

who asks for your opinion on your maximum salary?  Fucking hell.

 

I know - stupidest thing I've seen yet.

[Mook]

If someone wants to play 40+ million for him i'd be happy to sell him. It is inevitable he is going to pull the cunt with us sooner or later. he isn't that good anyway. Plus his haircut is shit. 

 

And he runs like a girl.

[Kevin D]

Would a 20 year old Steven Gerrard carry this current side?

I would write him off.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Looks like Denise Lewis.

[The Guest]

That's the problem when these players are talked up too much, the blues do it to get above market market value for players who're inevitably going to move on, the latest madness was Bobby Brown Shoes saying Barclay was going to be the greatest player 'England has ever seen' or some such mental shit. They're quite cynically clever at it.

 

They'll already be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of a £50 million City move, shortly after which he'll end up on loan at Burnley and eventually in jail for moving pirated films.

 

The problem is, we do it because we're just daft. He's been overplayed because our signings were shite, he's become a leading light rather than an understudy - again - because the rest are shite, and for that reason his agent knows he's got us by the balls.

 

For my money though, Sterling is NOWHERE NEAR as good as some people on here make out he is, he's not in the same league as Owen and Fowler, not by a country mile.

 

To say he's nowhere near as good is pretty laughable.  Fowler and Owen were fucking brilliant at his age and Sterling isn't as good as them but I don't think the league was as strong as it is now either.  To say he's nowhere near them is a joke though.  Sterling would have ripped the arsehole out of this league back in the 90's.  Fowler and Owen were prolific goal scorers.  Sterling is quite clearly a winger but a modern day one in terms of his versatility,  For his age he's on a level with McManaman for example.

[Nightcat]

Typical FSG and IAN AYRE SHITEHOUSE crap.

 

Leaking contract negotiations to put pressure on the player in order to accept a lower contract and justify his future sale.

 

Why would you leak this kind of sensitive information you SHITHOUSE Ian Ayre? Because you are a worthless money grapping SHITEHOUSE. What have you done ungly Ayre to deserve your salary? You've wasted £120m and sold the best striker in the world for less of what he's worth.

 

FSG GO fuck yourselves.

[Pureblood]

He's our most valuable player out of an ever dwindling stock.  We're reaching the stage where we'll have nobody left to sell when it's time for another "transition". 

[Wicket]

20 years old and turns down 70k a week.

 

I fucking hate football today.

It all depends whether its true or not that he actually has turned anything down, its agent talk as opposed to Sterling himself but I totally agree with you when you say you hate football today.

 

The main problem is these middlemen, pretending they are doing anything other than lining their own pockets.

 

I totally get someone maximising their income potential, as we'd all do it but your average man on the street is pushing for an increase on an hourly rate or asking for perhaps a 4 figure increase in annual salary, yet in football parlance nowadays it probably equates to an agent pushing for an extra half million quid a year on top of doubling a salary thats already measured in 7 figures before they even sat down to negotiate. Its just plain vulgar - one 'modest' contract these days sets you up for life yet its not enough. Too much money in the game and too many leeching agents, none of these fuckers give a shiny shite that fans are forking out over £50 to watch a game of football whilst they can buy a new Ferrari with the commission they're earning on one deal alone.

[JermainePennant]

Sterlings probably worth at least 100k a week considering his talent,importance to the team and compared to what players of his age at a similar level are getting.

 

Shaw,Hazard and others will be getting atlesst that so I can understand Sterling and his agent pushing for more.

[Nightcat]

It is "agent talk". No it is not.

 

His agent would not go and tell the papers that his client is unhappy with a contract offer, so he can let the Torygraph run a story "Winger risks sparking Liverpool fans' fury".

 

That's Ayre talk.

 

His agent would be calling City, Chelsea, Barcelona et al instead...

[Tony Moanero]

Of course the player's agent is going to try and get the most for the player. I wouldnt expect anything less. Just like the club will want to pay him the least it can while convincing him to sign.

 

But I dont subscribe to the naive outlook that its a non story either. Unless you think any player will just sign a contract because 'we are Liverpool.'

How very dare the cunt hold out for as much money as he can get.