Post by supergas on Jul 13, 2015 1:08:34 GMT
Posted this on Facebook, thought it deserved wider discussion...especially given our recent contract failures which actually work the other way...
For those who still don't get it, there is no way on the open market Sterling is worth £49M. But he's contracted to Liverpool until 2017...so there was no need for them to offer him an increased salary...he agreed in 2012 to play for them until 2017 on his current wage. There was no need for them to sell him, because he's contracted to play for them until 2017. But because he's a petulant twat, they have to sell him because even at a club where loyalty is taught from day one he's greedy. If he actually wanted to play for Liverpool (but they still wanted to sell him) he'd be worth £75M, but because they can't let him rot in the reserves and Man C have more money than sense (oh, and contracted players still have too much power), he's worth £49M. And I hate so-called 'top-flight' football...
