Reds Legend Believes Raheem Sterling is Headed for the Door
Contract negotiations are set to resume between Liverpool and contract rebel Raheem Sterling once the season is over, but Reds legend Phil Thompson believes that following Sunday’s result at Stamford Bridge, there isn’t anything left to talk about.
Despite battling to a draw with the newly crowned champions, Liverpool’s slender hopes of qualifying for next seasons Champions League went down the drain. “I think it will be very difficult for him to stay at Liverpool now. He’s shown all the signs that he’s ready and prepared to leave the club,” he told Sky Sports. “But if he was to stay I would like to think his role will be on the flanks – I don’t think Liverpool can even contemplate him being their main striker next season, because he’s not a natural goalscorer.”
In a far reaching interview with the BBC earlier in the season, Sterling revealed that he’s already turned down a lucrative offer from the club that would pay him in the region of £100,000 per-week, saying that he’s more motivated by trophies than money. The failure to secure Champions League football for next year will not only make it hard for the Reds to hang on to the talented 20-year old, but it won’t make it easy for boss Brendan Rodgers to bring in world-class recruits to Anfield either.
One only needs to look to the substitutions made by the two managers on Sunday to see that. “Liverpool had Jerome Sinclair coming off the bench and also Jordon Ibe – who I think can be just as good as Raheem Sterling in that wide role – but it still showed the gulf in quality between the squads,” continued Thompson. “Both of those lads are under 20, yet Chelsea had Gary Cahill, Nemanja Matic and Juan Cuadrado coming on for them – three established internationals. I think part of the substitutions was maybe Brendan saying ‘look, this is all I’ve got to work with here’, although it is nice to have youngsters coming through the ranks at the club again.”
You should write positive believes not negative. What do get by writing like that you are a LFC legend. Write to support the club. By writing like that you are putting fuel to fire.
@ps gill: Here are a couple of positive comments – Jamie Carragher is the world’s best hoofer of the ball and Lucas Leiva is second-to-none when it comes to giving away senseless free kicks.
Failure to secure champions league football for a second year in a row ??? Get the story right before you print it because you’ll end up looking like Louis van gaal a kn#bjockey , we qualified last season , and also every lpool fan I’ve spoken to wants sterling to go to the highest bidder, he can’t pass shoot or score open goals there is players a lot better than him about , so overrated !
Not happy that it looks like he is going, I think he is worth 150k a week
Yeah — don’t drink and type. Obvious mistake there, but I’m not sure every Liverpool fan thinks we should flog him off. He’s still young and is developing fast. He’s got some serious flaws now, but it’s nothing that can’t be worked through.
I agree with all that you say and more, Just let the over media hyped little brat go.
Oh com’on your having a laugh arn’t you.
Playing in his correct postion he is better then Rooney. Don’t judge him as an ST because he is not an ST or a Wing Back he is either a Left winger or a 10 (he does not do as well on the right wing)