ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[bluebottle]

I reckon we buy him, we could do with a father figure.

 

[Baines' left foot]

That might be the case but I think as a blue it's a win win because Rodgers is the one trying to build a wage structure so if sterling gets the money I'm not sure it's the managers decision which is great and if they didn't offer him substantially more than the £20k offer I'm pretty confident he's off .

Good point. If he gets the £40-50k he wants then you could imagine any potential incoming player using that as a benchmark as to what they'd be asking for.

 

[Piijt]

He's fallen for all the media hype about himself. Can't see anyone wanting to come in for him if he's asking for silly money. Vastly over-rated, another Cadermateri in the making.

 

[toffeejack]

He's fallen for all the media hype about himself. Can't see anyone wanting to come in for him if he's asking for silly money. Vastly over-rated, another Cadermateri in the making.

man city and chelsea can take the risk. i still haven't seen anything totally amazing about him yet though. plenty of kids are fast at that age, he just happens to have started at prem level rather than league 2 like the rest.

i also had no idea he cost them 5 million, laughable really considering he has every right to walk away when 18

 

[toffeejack]

That might be the case but I think as a blue it's a win win because Rodgers is the one trying to build a wage structure so if sterling gets the money I'm not sure it's the managers decision which is great and if they didn't offer him substantially more than the £20k offer I'm pretty confident he's off .

it would be a bad day for football if rodgers doesn't win this though. either teenager gets his way by demanding extortianate amounts of money or owners don't agree with manager and accept teenager's plea.

 

[sheeds]

it would be a bad day for football if rodgers doesn't win this though. either teenager gets his way by demanding extortianate amounts of money or owners don't agree with manager and accept teenager's plea.

When your paying joe cole over a £100k a week and sterling features regularly as a business decision it probably makes sense to up your offer though don't you think ? As i understand its Rodgers that sees it as odds with his strategy so it'd certainly be a bad day for him if the board force his hand.

 

[roydo]

it would be a bad day for football if rodgers doesn't win this though. either teenager gets his way by demanding extortianate amounts of money or owners don't agree with manager and accept teenager's plea.

Dont know if it is similar, but look at the teenagers Southampton have lost over the years; Shearer, Walcott, Ox, probably more I expect. Liberpol, Southampton of the North.

 

[Kurt.]

But the loveables would have you believe that cole only earns 70 or 80 k a week...not the reporeted 100k plus.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Did they really buy him for £5 mill?

 

[Kurt.]

Did they really buy him for £5 mill?

Believe so...from QPR.

 

[toffeejack]

When your paying joe cole over a £100k a week and sterling features regularly as a business decision it probably makes sense to up your offer though don't you think ? As i understand its Rodgers that sees it as odds with his strategy so it'd certainly be a bad day for him if the board force his hand.

yeah i understand that, not rodgers' fault though. he's trying to sort out the mess that dalgleish created and if the owners don't support him and instead favour a money grabbing teenager then that would be bad. Obviously we're all expecting a footballer to be greedy in this day and age, any other club and i would like to see the player show a bit more respect for a team. it's not exactly a case (barring a career ending injury) where he'll never earn enough money in his career to live a bad lifestyle. He'll be earning 70,80k etc a week one day anyway, not sure what difference it'll make. seriously don't see the difference between earning 70k and 90k a week anyway, way too much money for one person eventually

 

[toffeejack]

Dont know if it is similar, but look at the teenagers Southampton have lost over the years; Shearer, Walcott, Ox, probably more I expect. Liberpol, Southampton of the North.

at least they got good amounts of money for them - bale included. think they were more going to a better club rather than moving for free because they weren't being spoilt enough

 

[tsubaki]

it would be a bad day for football if rodgers doesn't win this though. either teenager gets his way by demanding extortianate amounts of money or owners don't agree with manager and accept teenager's plea.

Not really, in fact it would probably do some good because it would encourage clubs to not do what they did.

 

[roydo]

at least they got good amounts of money for them - bale included. think they were more going to a better club rather than moving for free because they weren't being spoilt enough

Yeah, good point. Cant blame him Sterling for wanting to go to a better club tho!

 

[sheeds]

yeah i understand that, not rodgers' fault though. he's trying to sort out the mess that dalgleish created and if the owners don't support him and instead favour a money grabbing teenager then that would be bad. Obviously we're all expecting a footballer to be greedy in this day and age, any other club and i would like to see the player show a bit more respect for a team. it's not exactly a case (barring a career ending injury) where he'll never earn enough money in his career to live a bad lifestyle. He'll be earning 70,80k etc a week one day anyway, not sure what difference it'll make. seriously don't see the difference between earning 70k and 90k a week anyway, way too much money for one person eventually

I do know what your saying mate but if your him and your keeping players out the side who are on twice or three times your contract offer surely you'd be thinking "why aren't I entitled to that ?" , I certainly know I would be asking that question. If he wants £40k a week in contrast to their £20k offer that's what about £4m over 4 years ? That's a massive amount of dough and if everyone is earning why shouldn't you be ? Don't think players don't laugh and joke or take the mickey over wages and at the minute I can imagine this kid on relative pennies thinking now it's my turn I want a slice.