KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum We need to keep Sterling for the time being

I know that most people have taken his desire to play elsewhere very personally, but I think we should keep him for at the very least until January. There are a couple of reasons behind this thinking:

1) he needs to be taught a lesson
2) he has already been replaced in the squad so there is no urgency to sell
3) he is on low wages so it's no great sacrifice to let him rot in the reserves

Fourthly, and most importantly..........if we sell him now, Rodgers will spunk £45m on garbage. If we sell him next summer, his value will have dropped but a better manager will most likely be spending the proceeds. I would rather Klopp spent £30m on players than have Rodgers spending £45m. Plus the little scrote will have had year of his career wiped out and would probably miss the euros!!

It seems you're one of these people who have taken his desire to leave very personally.

Where do you think we'll get the money for a striker if we don't sell him?

I wonder if the money isn't already spent (or at least some of it) on Firmino and Clyne.

The club generates a hell of a lot of money commercially. And the new TV deal is astronomical. We can very easily afford a top striker - persuading one to come here though is a different matter - not impossible though. Some very good strikers have moved to clubs without CL football already this summer across europe.

Our manager and club ambassador need to be talking to the players though. Who's going to be impressed when Ian Ayre turns up to meet them with his customary LFC scarf?!

I can't really see anyone be bowled over by Brendan Rodgers turning up though, can you?

Nah. Just hold out for the £50m then fukk of Raheem!

If we get £50million for Sterling, that really will be ludicrous, I mean it's the same amount we got for Torres and even in sulking mode he was 5x the player Sterling is.

I understand your points but when a player wants to go then him staying causes more trouble than it's worth and you can't beat money in the bank now and as for Klopp there is no guarantee he is either coming or will be better at spending money than rodgers

I used his name as an example. But I can confidently guarantee that he wouldn't be worse than Rodgers with money!