OK, the thread title is not true............as of yet, but bear with me.
Myself and two colleagues who are Liverpool fans (one real and one a bit plastic) were talking how Raheem Sterling's agent's exceptionally poor advice has led to the player now being seen as the unacceptable money grabbing face of football. As many may have seen he was roundly booed by many England fans at the weekend, and most Liverpool fans want him out of their club. Sterling has turned down £100k per week, Liverpool are refusing to pay more, his agent has said 'he would not stay for £900k per week and Jamie Carragher is a knob!'. I think his career at Anfield is over BUT Liverpool will not sell him to a Premier League rival and if there is a shortage of bids from overseas perhaps the Liverpool board should take the opportunity to do what is oh so necessary in the modern game, take both the player and his agent down a peg or three, thereby doing all of football a favour.
When Wayne Bridge came to us, Man City were paying him £100k per week, for that one season we chipped in with £10k and City made up the rest. How about Liverpool loan Sterling to us, we pay £10k per week, they pay the other £25k? Liverpool teach the player and his agent a lesson, Sterling is out of Anfield but not at a rival, we get a quality player who is pixxed off but ultimately needs to perform to get his move, and Liverpool get a player back still with a year left on his contract so they can sell him, everyone's a winner except the bad guys!
Fantasyland? Dreamworld? Yes I know, but imagine if this rumour started doing the rounds.........
Myself and two colleagues who are Liverpool fans (one real and one a bit plastic) were talking how Raheem Sterling's agent's exceptionally poor advice has led to the player now being seen as the unacceptable money grabbing face of football. As many may have seen he was roundly booed by many England fans at the weekend, and most Liverpool fans want him out of their club. Sterling has turned down £100k per week, Liverpool are refusing to pay more, his agent has said 'he would not stay for £900k per week and Jamie Carragher is a knob!'. I think his career at Anfield is over BUT Liverpool will not sell him to a Premier League rival and if there is a shortage of bids from overseas perhaps the Liverpool board should take the opportunity to do what is oh so necessary in the modern game, take both the player and his agent down a peg or three, thereby doing all of football a favour.
When Wayne Bridge came to us, Man City were paying him £100k per week, for that one season we chipped in with £10k and City made up the rest. How about Liverpool loan Sterling to us, we pay £10k per week, they pay the other £25k? Liverpool teach the player and his agent a lesson, Sterling is out of Anfield but not at a rival, we get a quality player who is pixxed off but ultimately needs to perform to get his move, and Liverpool get a player back still with a year left on his contract so they can sell him, everyone's a winner except the bad guys!
Fantasyland? Dreamworld? Yes I know, but imagine if this rumour started doing the rounds.........
