Summer Transfers 2015

ResurrectionRooney wrote:As good a time as any to start this.  The terms of the contract being suggested for Milner to prevent him moving are absolutely astonishing.

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/manchester-city/story/2457250/man-city-offer-james-milner-new-four-year-contract-to-stay--

Raheem Sterling was apparently booed tonight as he went to collect an award at a Liverpool dinner.  Real Madrid bound David De Gea was applauded as he picked up his at the United equivalent.  Good to see some class and dignity being shown.

Zzonked wrote:I'm more bothered about the fact that it's a 4 year contract than the money. He's not good enough to be a first team starter now, I can't imagine he's going to be any better aged 33 when that contract ends.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Zzonked wrote:I'm more bothered about the fact that it's a 4 year contract than the money. He's not good enough to be a first team starter now, I can't imagine he's going to be any better aged 33 when that contract ends.

Absolutely, it's insane.  Why Raheem Sterling is getting so much shit for his prospective transfer and supposed demands while this overhyped "overrated underrated" cunt is getting none I don't know.  Is it because he's nearly 30?  Jamie Carragher's high pitched inane rant on Monday night seemed to indicate that a 20 year old shouldn't be "taking on the club" when talking about Sterling, maybe it is OK for a 29 year old.

Scott_LFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Absolutely, it's insane.  Why Raheem Sterling is getting so much shit for his prospective transfer and supposed demands while this overhyped "overrated underrated" cunt is getting none I don't know.  Is it because he's nearly 30?  Jamie Carragher's high pitched inane rant on Monday night seemed to indicate that a 20 year old shouldn't be "taking on the club" when talking about Sterling, maybe it is OK for a 29 year old.

Do you genuinely think the two situations are comparable or are you trolling?

Sterling is getting shit from pundits because he's demanding insane wages for a youngster, especially considering he hasn't actually been THAT good this season. And he's also now trying to force a move to one of the "giants" when he hasn't proved himself to a player of that level. (Compare all of this to how Coutinho, who's a better player than Sterling anyway, has handled signing a new contract with Liverpool, and it'll put it into perspective how much of a twat Sterling/his agent is being).

Whereas Milner is only after playing time, so you can't blame him for wanting to move to a Club where this is more likely. He's not taking on the Club at all. The Club is merely trying to persuade him to stay with a huge wage increase.

Or to put it even more simply

Sterling is DEMANDING higher wages and Liverpool have refused to budge on the £100k offered so far, whereas Milner wants to leave to get more game time, so City are OFFERING insane amounts of money to keep him.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Guardian and Times reporting it as well.  Hope this doesn't happen, it will cost an absolute fortune.

Scott, you explain to me what he is doing that is so bad.

“I don’t care about the PR of the club and the club situation. I don’t care.

“He is definitely not signing. He’s not signing for £700, £800, £900 thousand a week. He is not signing.

“My job is to make sure I do the best with them (my clients). If people say I am bad at my job, or they are badly advised it does not matter.”

“Carragher is a knob. Everybody knows it. Any of the criticism from current pundits or ex-Liverpool players - none of them things matter to me. It is not relevant.”

“I am not worried. Worried is making a decision not knowing what is going to happen. Every premier league club will make a bid for him.”

ResurrectionRooney wrote:"Best young player in Europe" according to Brendan Rodgers.  He said this when Neymar was playing Europe.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:He was still a young player FFS!

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

“Carragher is a knob. Everybody knows it."

Grenade wrote:I don't understand why Liverpool didn't just offer Sterling the money he wanted? I'd say he's the best young (u21) player in Europe and probably deserves that money based on his talent alone. They shouldn't expect blind loyalty like Suarez gave them when he was being underpaid.