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11 Jul 2015 10:50:11
Talk in the press today is that FSG are prepared to let Sterling rot in the reserves.
Maybe it's the PR machine cranking in to gear but, personally, I believe that JWH would do it if needs be.

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11 Jul 2015 11:07:08
It makes little sense to let him "rot in the reserves" though his behavior has been appalling. I think the owners are very strong, we have seen in the past how they will not be persuaded by threats and I think eventually, he will leave this summer after Man City meet the requirements.

11 Jul 2015 11:08:03
Well, Aidy Ward "want the best for his clients".

11 Jul 2015 11:12:56
That would be the first time I'd give these owners any recognition for doing something right, want him gone, but if he did stay, that's exactly what I'd do.

11 Jul 2015 11:29:56
Agreed, the sooner H & G get back the better.

11 Jul 2015 11:43:51
What are you talking about Davey yer raspberry pie.

11 Jul 2015 11:45:37
Rot in the reserves? and then what? LFC will miss out on a lot of money, and in the end it will backfire - Anything above £35M for a decent player with a terrible attitude is a joke. If the people who are responsible for the deal doesn´t make sure it goes through then LFC will be considered a laughingstock, and more debt would be added if we are in for Benteke. To be honest I´m surprised that City even want such a spoiled brat, and I´m even more surprised that they are willing to pay more than £35M. One thing is sure, he needs to be shipped out this summer no matter what. If we have to take a player + cash then fine, as long as Sterling leaves.

11 Jul 2015 11:48:03
Thankfully they aren't stupid enough to let a £50m asset rot on the bench they will sell him and city will pay it

11 Jul 2015 13:34:09
The idea of letting a £40/50 million player "rot in the reserves" and letting his contract run down is plain daft. What if it was your investment? Would you let it go to waste? I think not!

11 Jul 2015 14:35:53
Irish the investment was 500k, they will get much more than this at a tribunal. Hence the willingness to make a statement and let him sit in the 21s for 2 years.

{Ed002's Note - That is simply not the case and Liverpool will not leave him in the reserves for 2 years.}

11 Jul 2015 15:11:36
Where are you getting losing out on £35-40million from, he cost us 500k and his contract is a relatively modest 30k a week, I'd be prepared to let him rot and stall his career at the cost of a few million, we've lost fortunes on players by overpaying then having to sell low just to get rid over the last few years, far more than it would cost to let the little runt rot.

{Ed002's Note - It won't work like that Waro.}

11 Jul 2015 16:07:50
Man City have offered circa £40 million for him. Therefore it would be a loss of £40 million to let him rot. Obviously Qpr would be ecstatic if he sat in the reserves.

{Ed002's Note - If he is sold for £40M Liverpool will get less than £30M. Leaving him in the reserves for two years is not an option.}

11 Jul 2015 16:54:29
I agree ed002

11 Jul 2015 16:56:38
This thread is laughable. As if the club would be prepared to lose money just to punish a player. This is a business not FIFA. The club will look to get as much money as possible and get rid. Simple as that.

Red Rum

{Ed002's Note - Exactly - it needs resolving this summer. He signs a new deal and changes agent, or goes. If that doesn't happen and they try for a few months in the reserves, they know what will happen on December 21, 2015.}

11 Jul 2015 17:22:38
They have offered £40million but the owners want £50million, so if we don't sell and the owner is as good as his word ( if he has indeed said it ,)and he stays then we will lose his initial transfer fee plus the remaining 2 years in wages if he let him rot with the kids, how can we lose what we haven't received I.e. £40million?

11 Jul 2015 17:57:02
Spot on, Essex and Fuzz! Thank God many on here don't make the business decisions at the club because we'd be worse off than we already are. FSG ain't stupid and all they are doing is staking out their position and posturing in the media. It's an American thing. Every man and his dog knows he will be sold and that rotting in the reserves is just plain daft and dumb from a business perspective and the PR distraction and disaster would be unbearable. He'll be sold at the right time and the right price and we can all move afterwards.

11 Jul 2015 18:37:32
You're probably right Ed002.
But who would have predicted how the Suarez situations ended, when the predictable thing would have been for Liverpool to have sold him the season before as was thought.
If it went to a Webster Ruling, it is going to get very messy. I don't know how legal costs are apportioned, and I don't know how Liverpool / FSG would claim "harm" or whatever the term is to claim compensation. But Mr Ward's outburst to the Evening Standard could be brought into it, and all manner of to-ing and fro-ing may take place. Are Webster Rulings final, is there an appeal process to an unhappy party ?

{Ed002's Note - Liverpool would be well aware that if he had been put in to the reserves and kept out of the first team when it is invoked, then they would be on difficult ground when making any significant claim. I still do not expect this to happen, but it would not be out of the question if the circumstances were as proposed by Twitter or wherever this has come from.}

11 Jul 2015 19:51:13
I don't expect it to happen either Ed.
But the Courts are full of the most ridiculous and bitter cases that defy logic.
Unhappy player forced to go on tour, where have we seen that before ?
Just something tells me that it could end up very complicated unless City come up with something special.







 

 

 
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