As the Sterling saga rumbles on I have found myself warming to the idea of him in a City shirt, in the beginning I thought Raheem wasn't worth the sky high price tag. Weighing up the pro's and con's though and looking closer at his progression since signing for the Scouser's, makes the Sterling capture more palatable.
Questions I asked myself were?
Why are Liverpool fans acting like Arsenal fans and treating Sterling the way they are?
Answer: Because they are upset about losing a big player with the quality and youth to succeed at the highest level. Initially I was buying into their idea that he was still raw, that he wasn't worth the £50 million so they should sell him fast, but then I started to pay more attention to Sterling. I 've been rerunning footage of the last few seasons and I have to say, he's not the finished product but he's certainly not raw. Has youth on his side and has bags of potential, under the right environment and coaches he could be up there with the best.
Do we really need him at Manchester?
Well as we are all aware we are subject to a homegrown quota both domestically and in Europe, yes we have our own youth products in Jason Denayer and Marcos Lopes but they are not wingers. In Raheem we would have an already proven and established England International LEFT WINGER. We just lost James Milner to Liverpool, a situation Liverpool fans are being smug over and haven't been exactly reserved about it. Add to that that Liverpool fans have taken the proverbial out of Manchester City and our fans, after capturing Sturridge by claiming we can't produce talent and we don't give youth a chance. Signing Raheem Sterling would make for a much more palatable capture right about now. We need a left winger to replace James Milner and share the workload with Samir Nasri, signing Sterling would be one almighty slap in the face for Liverpool fans.
Sign Sterling: YES
Our lack of activity? 9 days in to the transfer window and we have only signed Enes Unal, a young Turkish International Forward from Bursaspor. A lot of potential apparently and on first impressions he looks like a good capture but he's a couple seasons behind a first team place, so don't expect to see him in action along side our greats just yet.
Another Englishman we're apparently after signing is Fabian Delph from Aston Villa, the word is he apparently out performed our very own Fernandinho last season.
Fernandinho made 33 appearances in 2014/15 scoring 3 goals
Delph made 23 appearances in 2014/15 scoring 2 goals
I'm sorry but I'm against Fabian Delph joining Manchester City, he isn't anywhere near good enough. I would never pick him over Fernandinho, but I do see the urgent need for someone better in that position. The Pogba saga has died down after our apparent U'turn walking away, on that note I'm kind of glad because he's not worth the reported £71 million when we can go out and buy just as good for much less. Pogba's teammate Arturo Vidal for £30 to £40 million for instance. We have too much up and coming talent to positively warrant the signing of Fabian Delph. Bringing in 28 year old Arturo Vidal wouldn't hinder our very own Marcos Lopes either, lets be honest Marcos Lopes will end up far a better player than Fabian Delph. I say Vidal and promote Lopes.
Sign Delph: NO
What do you think?
I love watching City but I have to disagree with you about the answer to your question, "Why are Liverpool fans acting like Arsenal fans and treating Sterling the way they are?" It is his behaviour and the offensive behaviour of his agent they do not like. I think the major source of all the problems is the agent and the devious way he goes about representing his client. As for the reports of his not turning up for training and not wanting to work under Brendan, I think a lot of what has been reported is mischievous fiction from a handful of newspapers. He is under contract to Liverpool and has a duty to fulfil the terms of that contract. I think his style of play lends itself to City so I hope Liverpool are realistic about the offer and let him go
ReplyDeleteWith all due respect i think your the one getting caught upvin media hype. Raheem Sterling played a big part last season andcin the season Liverpool challenged City for the title before. As a reward for being consistant, very few of Liverpools players have been consistant last season, he got rewarded with a slap in the face, £100.000 a week for being one of their best players and told he should respect Liverpool and sign a new contract. Sorry but in my book that's wrong, that's why he's come out stating Rodgers and Liverpool have treated him poorly, then add to that all the Liverpool fans attacking him and you see the bigger picture in who's to blame for all this mess. Well done to Sterling for sticking up for himself.
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