Raheem worth £50m?

comment by DaStuDogg (U9291)
posted 8 minutes ago
I think Sterling's a lot better than people give him credit for.

I'm copying a post I made a couple of months ago, so apologies in advanced if some of what I said is slightly outdated, but:
He was ranked as the best performing teenager across the major leagues in Europe by both Whoscored.com, the second best by Squawka, and was later voted by a select of journalists from across the continent as the best Under-21 player in Europe as he won the 'European Golden Boy' award.
Ancelotti described him as 'one of the best in Europe', whilst Wenger described him as 'one of the great players in England'.
He's now strongly being linked with the likes of Bayern Munich, Madrid, and PSG, with Xavi also earmarking him as a potential future Barcelona player.

Thus far this season, he's statistically the highest ranked player of his age (or younger) in the country by Whoscored, and the second best player of a comparable age in Europe according to Squawka.

He needs to work on his end-product, but the materials are there for a world-class player.
His speed is comparable to Walcott with one of the best turns of pace I've seen (remember how easily he burst past Salah), but he has great strength to match as well (just ask Vincent Kompany, for example); he can run faster with the ball at his feet than many players can without, and he's already one of the most prolific dribblers in the league; he seems equally comfortable taking his man on down the outside or drifting inside into space - making his movement very difficult to anticipate or defend against; he's comfortable making diagonal runs-in-behind, drifting in-between the lines, and/or holding the width and playing like a more pragmatic winger - allowing him to adapt to various systems and game-plans, but also making it very difficult for the opposition to plan for; and his work-rate/defensive qualities are very underrated as well.

He hasn't reached the heights he did last season, but this is likely partly symptomatic of Liverpool's problems as a whole (large influx of players; loss of Suarez; injury to Sturridge; Rodgers' changing of the systen) and the fact he's had to play in 6 different positions across the course of the season (he's often been played as a false-9, and even as a wing-back), but the talent is there to see.

Honestly, in the current market, I don't think £50m is actually that absurd.
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You just have to watch him consistently to see he's just not that good. Sadly we are in the most ridiculous times in football when players go for obscene amounts so it wouldn't surprise me if City did fork out silly money for him.
If Arsenal paid any more than 15m I'd be livid.

Also, these stat sites can make any player seem like a world beater.

comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 2 minutes ago
Not even convinced he'll be a success at Man City for any price over £10m. Other than Hart, of all the English players they've bought since they had a bit of dosh probably Milner has been their most successful, or Barry: their grafters. Sterling isn't really a grafter. He'll be bought for his pace and skill admittedly but I'm not sure he'll rise to the pressure of playing for a much better team with lots of great players, and for a large pricetag.
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He'll fold big time, he hasn't been able to handle the pressure of just being talked about. You can clearly see I think, that he's not ready for the pressure he'll be under to perform.

comment by The Kaiser's Trainers (U5676)
posted 38 minutes ago
I'd love to keep him

He's being hugely underrated at the moment
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My point was that if he was forced to stay. Saurez was a different character and loved pressure. Sterling has gone of the boil even when they were just talking about his contract let alone what may happen if the Liverpool fans also get on his back.

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Walcott is better.

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Gnabry is better

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He's a quality player, though 50 is a bit steep.

Do we not think a cheeky bid could more or less get Bale for 50-60 million? And im not being funny if its 50million Sterling or 60million Bale i know which i would be prefer!