Tuanis
10 years ago
This is getting more attention than it should because he is a youngster with big potential. Tons of players all around the world do the same, they try and make the most out of their contracts and even try to play for the best club they want so what is the problem here? Suddenly a kid doesn't want to play for Liverpool and wants to move to a better club being payed a little more. What is wrong with that? Liverpool is going to sell him now that they probably know they wont get to a contract agreement. At least they should.
After rejecting the club's latest contract offer this week, the 20-year-old and his agent have been blasted by one of his former team-mates
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has labelled the behaviour of Raheem Sterling and his agent "a disgrace" after the England forward openly discussed his contract situation.
Sterling confirmed he had turned down a new deal at Anfield worth €137,000 a week and described links with Arsenal as "quite flattering" in a BBC interview aired on Wednesday.
That prompted an angry response from Carragher, who labelled Sterling's decision to go public with his feelings as "a PR disaster" and criticised the 20-year-old for a "woefully misjudged interview".
Addressing Sterling's assertion that he was attempting to "kill off the stories and change how I am perceived," Carragher - writing for the Daily Mail - said: "They [Sterling and his advisers] couldn't have got that more wrong.
"Jordan Henderson, don't forget, is in a similar contractual position, but the differences between their situations is enormous. Jordan has played as well, if not better, than at any time in his career this season.
"He will be out of contract in 12 months' time but, as negotiations continue, you are not hearing anyone calling him a money-grabber. Why? Because he and his agent aren't using the media to engineer a move or put pressure on Liverpool to improve his contract.
"This, more than anything, is my biggest problem with Sterling and his agent. For a 20-year-old and his agent to be taking on Liverpool FC in the public domain is a disgrace.
"I have no issue about players maximising their earning potential, but the agenda that is being driven from Sterling's camp is beyond a joke.
"The only way any good could have come from the BBC interview was if Sterling had said he was going to sign a new deal.
"Anything else, as he has discovered, was always going to create a massive problem. They cancelled talks with the club, but not with the media. If you don't want people talking about an issue, don't talk about it yourself."
Carragher believes Sterling would be unwise to leave Anfield at this stage of his career.
"What Sterling's camp are struggling to see is that Liverpool is the best place for him," he added.
"Forget money for a minute. This is about football and his development. He will start the vast majority of games at Anfield. Would that be the case at Arsenal? No.
"He wouldn't play as a centre-forward there ahead of Olivier Giroud or Alexis Sanchez. Being a number 10 would be out of the question, as he is not like Mesut Ozil or Santi Cazorla, which would mean a battle with Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott to start wide right.
"If he went to Manchester City, he would be a squad player again. City play 4-4-2 under Manuel Pellegrini, which would mean him competing with Jesus Navas and Samir Nasri to start on the right.
"As for talk about Bayern Munich (Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery) and Real Madrid (Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale), he wouldn't get near either of those teams now.
"Liverpool and Rodgers are what Sterling needs at this stage of his career. He should realise this. There is one change I would recommend he makes this summer - and it is not his football club."
With the England forward having rejected a contract offer from Liverpool, the Portuguese has claimed that he would get rid of the 20-year-old if he were in charge of the Reds
Jose Mourinho says that he would sell Raheem Sterling if he were in Brendan Rodgers' shoes.
Liverpool continue to insist the 20-year-old is not for sale at any price after Sterling rejected the club's offer of a new £100,000-a-week (€136,000) deal.
Chelsea boss Mourinho has offered his own opinion on the matter, stating that he would sell the player if he was faced with the same situation.
"I don't like players that don't want to play for me and my club. My opinion is every player has a price," he told reporters.
"It doesn't matter which player. If you ask me, for example, do I want Eden Hazard to leave Chelsea? No.
"If he wants to leave and doesn't want to work with me, doesn't want to play for Chelsea, does he have a price? I think he has.
"But I also understand the philosophy of managers and clubs who want to keep the players at any price. My philosophy is not better than that, it's just mine."
Rodgers has confirmed that Sterling will be in the team to face Arsenal on Saturday despite the events of this week, which saw the player conduct an unauthorised interview explaining his reasons for not signing the new deal.
"He will play," the Liverpool boss said. "If it was a different player I would maybe have something to think about.
"But with this kid, since he has come in, trained and worked with me, he has been phenomenal and I expect him to go there and perform at a high level.
"I think he is a strong character. He's a young boy, still learning, on and off the field, but I don't think there was anything derogatory to Liverpool. I know he loves the club and I expect him to perform at a high level."
Both articles from goal.com
I guess the arranged interviw by his agent is this one.
After rejecting the club's latest contract offer this week, the 20-year-old and his agent have been blasted by one of his former team-mates
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has labelled the behaviour of Raheem Sterling and his agent "a disgrace" after the England forward openly discussed his contract situation.
Sterling confirmed he had turned down a new deal at Anfield worth €137,000 a week and described links with Arsenal as "quite flattering" in a BBC interview aired on Wednesday.
That prompted an angry response from Carragher, who labelled Sterling's decision to go public with his feelings as "a PR disaster" and criticised the 20-year-old for a "woefully misjudged interview".
Addressing Sterling's assertion that he was attempting to "kill off the stories and change how I am perceived," Carragher - writing for the Daily Mail - said: "They [Sterling and his advisers] couldn't have got that more wrong.
"Jordan Henderson, don't forget, is in a similar contractual position, but the differences between their situations is enormous. Jordan has played as well, if not better, than at any time in his career this season.
"He will be out of contract in 12 months' time but, as negotiations continue, you are not hearing anyone calling him a money-grabber. Why? Because he and his agent aren't using the media to engineer a move or put pressure on Liverpool to improve his contract.
"This, more than anything, is my biggest problem with Sterling and his agent. For a 20-year-old and his agent to be taking on Liverpool FC in the public domain is a disgrace.
"I have no issue about players maximising their earning potential, but the agenda that is being driven from Sterling's camp is beyond a joke.
"The only way any good could have come from the BBC interview was if Sterling had said he was going to sign a new deal.
"Anything else, as he has discovered, was always going to create a massive problem. They cancelled talks with the club, but not with the media. If you don't want people talking about an issue, don't talk about it yourself."
Carragher believes Sterling would be unwise to leave Anfield at this stage of his career.
"What Sterling's camp are struggling to see is that Liverpool is the best place for him," he added.
"Forget money for a minute. This is about football and his development. He will start the vast majority of games at Anfield. Would that be the case at Arsenal? No.
"He wouldn't play as a centre-forward there ahead of Olivier Giroud or Alexis Sanchez. Being a number 10 would be out of the question, as he is not like Mesut Ozil or Santi Cazorla, which would mean a battle with Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott to start wide right.
"If he went to Manchester City, he would be a squad player again. City play 4-4-2 under Manuel Pellegrini, which would mean him competing with Jesus Navas and Samir Nasri to start on the right.
"As for talk about Bayern Munich (Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery) and Real Madrid (Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale), he wouldn't get near either of those teams now.
"Liverpool and Rodgers are what Sterling needs at this stage of his career. He should realise this. There is one change I would recommend he makes this summer - and it is not his football club."
With the England forward having rejected a contract offer from Liverpool, the Portuguese has claimed that he would get rid of the 20-year-old if he were in charge of the Reds
Jose Mourinho says that he would sell Raheem Sterling if he were in Brendan Rodgers' shoes.
Liverpool continue to insist the 20-year-old is not for sale at any price after Sterling rejected the club's offer of a new £100,000-a-week (€136,000) deal.
Chelsea boss Mourinho has offered his own opinion on the matter, stating that he would sell the player if he was faced with the same situation.
"I don't like players that don't want to play for me and my club. My opinion is every player has a price," he told reporters.
"It doesn't matter which player. If you ask me, for example, do I want Eden Hazard to leave Chelsea? No.
"If he wants to leave and doesn't want to work with me, doesn't want to play for Chelsea, does he have a price? I think he has.
"But I also understand the philosophy of managers and clubs who want to keep the players at any price. My philosophy is not better than that, it's just mine."
Rodgers has confirmed that Sterling will be in the team to face Arsenal on Saturday despite the events of this week, which saw the player conduct an unauthorised interview explaining his reasons for not signing the new deal.
"He will play," the Liverpool boss said. "If it was a different player I would maybe have something to think about.
"But with this kid, since he has come in, trained and worked with me, he has been phenomenal and I expect him to go there and perform at a high level.
"I think he is a strong character. He's a young boy, still learning, on and off the field, but I don't think there was anything derogatory to Liverpool. I know he loves the club and I expect him to perform at a high level."
Both articles from goal.com