17 Jun 2015 17:05:22
Hi again guys,

Sorry I didn't respond to those who replied to my post about city offering £40m for Sterling a few days ago. Looks like I was a few days ahead of the press.

Can't shed any light on to whether or not this will be accepted, so I won't lie to you guys and make something up. What I can do, though, is give you all some context. I have access to an extremely large database through work, of every pass, every cross, every take-on of the last 5 seasons of premier league action.

Let's not forget that selling him for £40m would make him the 17th most expensive player of all time. Players that have sold for in the region of £40m in the past include Ozil, Mata and Figo. Stats on Figo I can't get, but taking a look at Mata and Ozil's production pre-transfer can give us a fairly decent (but by no means conclusive) insight on to whether or not we should accept this transfer.

The link below is of a comparison matrix of the three in the year before their transfer (or prospective transfer):

http://goo.gl/4viQO5

We can clearly see that Sterling is in an entirely different ball park to these two. Now, hopefully that will quell those asking for £50m+ as that is quite obviously ridiculous. £50m would be daylight robbery in itself, anything in excess of that is just absolutely outrageous. Think about how good Torres was when he went for £50m, Sterling couldn't even finish a rice pudding.

The other factors that need to be taken into account are his home grown status, Manchester City's disregard for the laws of transfer physics, and his age (as to say his potential). These all magnify his potential fee, but if I were Liverpool I would be seriously looking at this £40m offer.

1.) 17 Jun 2015
17 Jun 2015 21:22:27
Let's also remind ourselves that a young Eden Hazard who was destroying Ligue 1 cost Chelsea £32m a few years back. £50m for Sterling is a joke!

2.) 18 Jun 2015
18 Jun 2015 07:27:27
Sanchez cost less than 40 Million
Willian cost less that 40 Million
Isco cost less than 40 Million
Eriksen cost less than 40 Million

This, in my opinion, is an incredible offer, let the kid go