Raheem Sterling

[danperkins]

Anyone else think we'll get all our incoming transfer business done and then sell sterling?

[Exiled_red]

Anyone else think we'll get all our incoming transfer business done and then sell sterling?

Not necesarily on purpose, but I imagine we will be negotiating for a high fee meaning that things will be dragged out and it will be late in the window when/if he goes.

[marcus50bucks]

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling considers Manchester United move

• Sterling keen to work under Louis van Gaal at United
• No Liverpool player has gone to United since 1938

Jamie Jackson
Thursday 4 June 2015 19.36 BST

Raheem Sterling is open to a move to Manchester United, although the player is concerned how the transfer would be received given the fierce rivalry between the clubs.

The Liverpool winger is aware of United’s interest and would be keen to explore joining and working under Louis van Gaal. Although relations between Liverpool and United are cordial the competition between English football’s two most successful clubs and the enmity between their supporters mean no footballer has moved between them since 1964. Then, Phil Chisnall was transferred from Old Trafford to Anfield. Seventy-seven years have passed since a player has gone the other way, Allenby Chilton joining United from Liverpool in 1938.

Van Gaal is an admirer of Sterling’s pace and willingness to try and to beat opponents and break a game open. Van Gaal’s The manager’s preferred formation is 4-3-3 and Sterling has shown he can play in any position across the front, and as a No10. Two seasons ago Brendan Rodgers positioned him there as a No10 against David Moyes’s United in the league fixture at Old Trafford and Sterling proved a revelation. This flexibility is another attraction for Van Gaal, and the Dutchman is also keen to work with young players who possess immense potential he can develop, as Sterling does.

If United were to firm up their interest by making a formal bid it would test the resolve of Liverpool as selling one of the few A-list players at the club to their greatest rival would be ill-received by fans. Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, has insisted that Sterling will still be at Anfield after the summer transfer window closes. Any offer from United may start a bidding war, with Manchester City and Real Madrid also admirers of Sterling. As the player is intent on leaving, Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool’s owner, may decide a sale is the most pragmatic solution. From this perspective a United offer would be welcome as it would help drive up the price.

Sterling has turned down a £100,000-a-week offer from Liverpool, stating he wants to depart and play for a club that can match his trophy-winning ambition. United are back in the Champions League next season and Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman, has stated the club must challenge on all fronts. United could also afford to offer Sterling a wage in the region of £140,000 a week. On 1 August United’s world record £750m, 10-year kit deal with Adidas starts.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/04/liverpool-raheem-sterling-manchester-united?CMP=share_btn_tw

[Chris]

Raheem Sterling is open to a move to Manchester United, although the player is concerned how the transfer would be received given the fierce rivalry between the clubs.

Like he gives a ****. And no, even if they offer £100m, tell them to ****. right. off.

Gabriel Heinze.

They can **** off.

[Daniel 7]

I'd be open to a move to Manchester United if I was a complete cunt too.

[Bender]

hahaha Sterling is a thick **** at this rate he's gonna need security guards to protect his sorry ass if he moves to Old Toilet......damn he's really dopey

[danperkins]

Not necesarily on purpose, but I imagine we will be negotiating for a high fee meaning that things will be dragged out and it will be late in the window when/if he goes.

I just think we'll do what we did with Suarez. Put our business first, get all the replacements in & then do a Sterling deal elsewhere.

[Paddy]

no way do we sell to them cunts. No ****ing way.

[BubbaZanetti]

No actual quotes whatsoever in that article - completely unsubstantiated click bait.

[Cormack74]

I honestly wouldn't care if he went there. It would prove conclusively that he has no respect for Liverpool or for BR for giving him the opportunity to develop.

So long as they are the highest bidder and we are prepared to sell him then so be it.

[Tatterdemalion]

I can't wait to see him frowning on Real Madrid's bench.
It's so hard earning £100k's per week on one's arse.

He deserves it, and he is definitely good enough to straddle their B team and Bench

[EwarWoo]

Also kind of suggests he's got the cold shoulder from other clubs (wages wise) and is realising he may have to stay at least another season.

Wow. Logic and reason have really gone out of the window on this one.

[DannyMan2006]

This is the most boring transfer sage ever. I'm so non plussed about this one.

[redmike65]

Well hopefully, as the script demands Shirley, City will make a gazumping offer of 35m at which point all Utd chit chat shall end, City and Liverpool then do a little dance and he goes for 40m.

[Buzzo]

I'd be open to a move to Manchester United if I was a complete cunt too.

Can you imagine the stick her get. Her get nowhere near the Utd first team, and they've just bought Dephay - so can't see it happening.