Sterling: "I want to leave Liverpool"

Raheem Sterling: Liverpool player 'to tell club he wants to leave'

By Ben Smith
BBC Sport

Raheem Sterling is expected to tell Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers he wants to leave Anfield this summer.
The England forward has already turned down a new £100,000-a-week contract, and denied being a "money-grabber" in a BBC Sport interview last month.
Sterling will meet Reds chief executive Ian Ayre and Rodgers on Friday, when he is set to tell them he wants to go.
The club have declined to comment but it is understood they still want the 20-year-old, whose deal ends in 2017.
Should he be made available, Manchester City remain the frontrunners for his signature but Arsenal and a number of leading European clubs have also expressed an interest.

While Liverpool insist they will not sell for any price this summer, their resolve may be tested by an offer in the region of £35m.
BBC Sport has learned Sterling raised the subject of his future with Rodgers before the 1-1 draw with Chelsea on 10 May.
Sterling - whose current contract is worth £35,000 a week - said in an interview on 1 April that he "talks about winning trophies" rather than money.
Former Reds defender and BBC Sport pundit Mark Lawrenson said at the time that Sterling had put himself "under pressure" with his comments.
Liverpool's last piece of silverware came in 2012, when they won the League Cup, and they have missed out on Champions League qualification for next season.
Rodgers has previously said: "Liverpool are one of the superpowers of football and if the owners don't want to sell, they don't have to."
Speaking on Friday, captain Steven Gerrard told Sterling to stay and play for a coach who "believes in him".
"I think there is no-one better for him than Brendan Rodgers," said Gerrard, who will join MLS side LA Galaxy this summer after 17 years at Anfield.
"The danger for younger players is they want it all too soon and go to another club and just become a number."

Natalie Portman wrote:Great news.

Hope he ends up at Man Utd.

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:Change the name of the thread to The Sterling War IMO.

El Shaarawy wrote:

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:Change the name of the thread to The Sterling War IMO.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

El Shaarawy wrote:

Rebaño Sagrado wrote:Change the name of the thread to The Sterling War IMO.

Donuts wrote:if someone else is willing to pay his 70k a season then yes he is worth that much.

Natalie Portman wrote:

Donuts wrote:if someone else is willing to pay his 70k a season then yes he is worth that much.

He rejected 100k/week.

He's 20. He can't shoot or finish to save his life.

100+k/week is for players who know where the goal is and can perform week in and out.

Suarez was on 100k/week up until his unreal form in mid-december of 2013.

He's done nothing to deserve 150k/week. If another club thinks he's worth that investment...then good luck to them.

Muppet wrote:

Natalie Portman wrote:

Donuts wrote:if someone else is willing to pay his 70k a season then yes he is worth that much.

He rejected 100k/week.

He's 20. He can't shoot or finish to save his life.

100+k/week is for players who know where the goal is and can perform week in and out.

Suarez was on 100k/week up until his unreal form in mid-december of 2013.

He's done nothing to deserve 150k/week. If another club thinks he's worth that investment...then good luck to them.

I'm hoping Citeh spunk 50m quid and give him a big, fat five year contract. He's not even as good as SWP was and probably never will be.

B-Mac wrote:can't wait for liverpool to spend the money they get from him on Mane

Don't call me James wrote:Ben Smith BBC - It's even been suggested to me that Sterling would sign if another manager would be in place.

OMG if Sterling gets Branda sacked, he's gonna be a legend in my eyes I'd love for both of them to be gone honestly but I can live with one leaving for now.

Muppet wrote:

B-Mac wrote:can't wait for liverpool to spend the money they get from him on Mane

Or Bolasie.