Raheem Sterling

[Lecter]

Do we know this or is it yet another "I want to be an angry drama queen" assumption?

Regardless of who leaked what IF the story is accurate then this is further evidence of acting a complete tit and downing tools

[Lecter]

Imagine he was a City player and we were looking at buying him for £50m. Would you want us to splash our whole budget on him? I wouldn't.

Me neither but its not as if it would stop us buying him (considering our past record)

[Roboklopp]

refusing to go on the pre season tour .... apparently

Give him milk laced with sleeping pills the wee ****e.

[Bender]

Give him milk laced with sleeping pills the wee ****e.

no need for the sleeping pills the mofo is lactose intolerant.

[EwarWoo]

Give him milk laced with sleeping pills the wee ****e.

Hey Bill, how's the court case going?

[Patricks_Berger]

Do we know this or is it yet another "I want to be an angry drama queen" assumption?

It seems unlikely the club leaked the story. Doesn't really help our bargaining position with City. No Angry Drama Queens here treacle.

[Buzzo]

He could still engineer a move whilst being on tour with us. He is young and definitely being poorly advised.

He's made his point he wants to leave over the contract negotiations, this just comes across as unprofessional and petulant.

[marcus50bucks]

Raheem Sterling: Jamie Carragher fears for Liverpool star's reputation

By Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says Raheem Sterling's reputation is being impacted after he asked to be left out of the club's pre-season tour.

The forward, 20, does not want to go on the forthcoming trip to the Far East after Liverpool rejected a £40m bid from Manchester City for him.

The Reds travel to Bangkok on Sunday then fly on to Australia and Malaysia.

"He's starting to get a reputation that could be hard to rid himself of in the future," said Carragher.

"Are Man City fans looking at the situation and thinking this could be us in a few years?"

Through his request Sterling has once again made it clear to Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers that he wants to leave after reporting back for pre-season on Monday.

He has expressed his desire not to go on the tour in the hope of making a smoother exit from Anfield after an increasingly acrimonious saga in which he has turned down a contract offer of around £100,000-a-week.

Manchester City have had two offers turned down, but are now expected to return with a third bid nearer Liverpool's £50m valuation.

But whether it comes soon enough to avoid the latest twist in what has become a very public breakdown in the relationship between club and player remains to be seen.

"I think this situation will only make Liverpool more determined to get the fee they feel Raheem is worth, rather than caving in to Raheem's and Man City's wishes," added Carragher.

Liverpool have refused to comment on claims Sterling will refuse to travel with the squad, but are expected to demand that every player who is fit and available for selection join up on Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33440826

Carragher is absolutely bang on. Irreparable damage and the sad thing is Sterling doesn't even realise this. I'm sure many City fans will be concerned at the way he is going about this

[RedReet]

I have a feeling we'll finally accept City's offer and the wee f*cker will turn them down.

Probably end up at Chelsea or Arsenal on teh last day of the window or in January for a fraction of the City price.

[Lee]

He could still engineer a move whilst being on tour with us. He is young and definitely being poorly advised.

He's made his point he wants to leave over the contract negotiations, this just comes across as unprofessional and petulant.

It's a mess.

Obviously he's one of our better players and has buckets of potential so I want him to stay. However these constant stories (if true) makes me think just take the money - a lot of money - and let him go.

[BigChief]

I have a feeling we'll finally accept City's offer and the wee f*cker will turn them down.

Probably end up at Chelsea or Arsenal on teh last day of the window or in January for a fraction of the City price.

And then he wakes up as the flight lands in Bangkok.

[McDermotX]

And then he wakes up as the flight lands in Bangkok.

"Get your ****ing gear on ya, and get the **** out on that pitch you mopey *******" days Sean O'D

[Vermilion]

nah after being named most valuable player in Europe?that carries a hefty price tag,he's got a poor attitude along with poor advice from his agent and whoever,you want to leave fine,why not push the boat out and refuse to attend pre-season training? which he probably will do but then he knows he will be in breach of his contract.

Hang on, he's been named as being more valuable than the likes of Messi, Pogba etc ?

Ok fair enough i missed that, but i can't help thinking he must have been given that tag by someone/some site that knows sod all about football, or some stupid list of fictional player values!.

I actually think that 35mill would be more than fair for where he's at now, if, and a big if, we didn't have to give Qpr a chunk, but i think that's about his value right now.

I don't hold with the saying that a player is worth what a club is willing to pay, not at all, see AC!

[Lecter]

He could still engineer a move whilst being on tour with us. He is young and definitely being poorly advised.

He's made his point he wants to leave over the contract negotiations, this just comes across as unprofessional and petulant.

I've no problem with him wanting to go

Hand in a transfer request and he can move (after City meet our valuation)

A lot of players want their cake and eat it, they want a move and want to force a move but arent prepared to hand in a transfer request to get that move

Not handing in a transfer request makes it seems like hes after all the money he can get his hands on, of course we should never accuse him of that as after all hes told us "its not about the money"

[Lecter]

Hang on, he's been named as being more valuable than the likes of Messi, Pogba etc ?

Ok fair enough i missed that, but i can't help thinking he must have been given that tag by someone/some site that knows sod all about football, or some stupid list of fictional player values!.

I actually think that 35mill would be more than fair for where he's at now, if, and a big if, we didn'tt have to give Qpr a chunk.

Steady on, you will be getting black marks against your name for questioning his talent