23 hours ago, Gentian said:

Honestly, who decides these targets in recent years. Sterling for 50 or 60 million is madness. He is not much better than Pulisic and at 28 years old is another Lukaku disaster transfer.

I was hoping we move away from these sort of signings and revert back to when we signed prime young talent like de bruyne, salah, hazard, oscar, mata etc etc. 

Instead of going for Nunez at 22 years old, or we could have had tchoumani last year we hesitate and try to squeeze the last penny same as we doing with Kounde now than end up loosing talent to someone else.

£50-60m for an English player at his prime is a brilliant deal. I mean even if people think he is not consistent and can be frustrating, getting him for anything between that amount in today's market is a brilliant deal. His goal record is fantastic and baring in mind, he has been a sub quite frequently this season, has still got into double figures.

I'd take Sterling. No denying he misses too many chances and isn't a real top drawer player but there are no real top drawer options available just now and he he is still a considerable improvement on all of CHO, Pulisic, Werner and Ziyech. Add to that that he is English and knows the English league and I see it as bit of a no brainer.

He's a player with numbers, he also has his misses but I'd accept it because he delivers the ball like you want from a winger to do it.

PL experienced, won titles and I believe very motivated to prove himself. 

Could be a good addition. 

8 hours ago, Whiskyjack said:

Timo Werner is world class positioning too, it doesn't help him very much.

I wouldn't call being offside world class positioning.

If we can we can get Sterling and Gabriel Jesus for decent fees (since they have one year left on each their City deals) we should.

For me they are better than what we have and could form part of an impressive front 4 with Mount and either Havertz or Dembele.

Sterling isn't a world class player, he's in a bracket right below, but he's very good and is easily better than any of the attacking players we've currently got. Only Havertz can potentially turn into a better player, but he isn't at the moment. I'd swap any of Werner, CHO, Zyiech and even Pulisic for him.

Ship out Lukaku, Werner and Zyiech, bring in Sterling, Dembele and Jesus and get Broja back from Southampton, add that group to Mount/Havertz/Pulisic, now that's a good looking attack.

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We Need some defenders too! 2 defenders, 2/3 forwards and a mid!

Only issue is where would the creativity come for him to be effective? He is pretty much a runner/finisher;  it is why he is very effective playing ahead of 2 “10s” at City, but hasn’t been able to replicate that form for the National team.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

I wouldn't call being offside world class positioning.

I think he meant at 5 a side

Unless we sort out our snail speed transitioning  midfield, any attacker are going to have a hard time making any impact. We need to move the ball quicker in transition and give the ball to our attackers where they can hurt the opposition. With Jorginho doing is side to side passing, Jesus and Sterling will only join Werner on co on the frustrated list

4 hours ago, loz said:

I'd take Sterling. No denying he misses too many chances and isn't a real top drawer player but there are no real top drawer options available just now and he he is still a considerable improvement on all of CHO, Pulisic, Werner and Ziyech. Add to that that he is English and knows the English league and I see it as bit of a no brainer.

This is what I don’t like about the transfer, it reeks of the same thinking as the Lukaku signing, simply in terms of ‘what’s available now’ in the market. And when someone does come along, someone we can mould into our own club legend rather than t-Rex arms on 350k pw who’s already completed English football already, we won’t be in a position to sign that somebody. Short-termism in an era where we actually have time to be patient believe it or not as we ideally need the Pep Machine to slow down or start reaching it’s end game, eras do come and go after all. 

Having said that, I’m more open to Sterling than Jesus, it’s just all so underwhelming I’d rather we not bother at all and hold for now, invest big time in the defensive zones instead, as there isn’t a bottomless pit of money for sure. 

35 minutes ago, Term_X said:

This is what I don’t like about the transfer, it reeks of the same thinking as the Lukaku signing, simply in terms of ‘what’s available now’ in the market. And when someone does come along, someone we can mould into our own club legend rather than t-Rex arms on 350k pw who’s already completed English football already, we won’t be in a position to sign that somebody. Short-termism in an era where we actually have time to be patient believe it or not as we ideally need the Pep Machine to slow down or start reaching it’s end game, eras do come and go after all. 

I'd probably agree if I thought our front line only needed a minor upgrade but the truth is we need shot of probably all five of CHO, Lukaku, Werner, Ziyech and Pulisic. But that, with replacements, is never going to happen in one window. It will take time. Sterling is better than all of them and would be just one step. Buying Sterling wouldn't mean we are out of the market for another winger if they became available.

And we can't stand still with what we had last season going forward. It has to change even if incrementally. 

I rate Sterling quite highly, and agree with the consensus that he's better than anyone comparable we currently have, but he's a high volume of chances forward isn't he? The numbers guys have said that our issue is creating chances rather than finishing them (I know the eye test suggests the exact opposite - I was surprised to read that). I'm not sure he'd be a solution to the obvious goalscoring issues we've had under Tuchel, but again, a definite improvement on Werner, who is probably the closest equivalent in our squad.

One concern - he has played a very high number of minutes for a footballer his age. Might be meaningless, but it does raise questions about his long-term durability.

I think we should go for it, if for no other reason than @yorkleyblue and I finally being able to settle that bet we made years ago. Also the Liverpool fans hate him, which probably means he's a good egg.

Sterling, Mount and James have had some great linkup play in the first half against Italy. Should have been two goals and Sterling would have been heavily involved in both. His pressing and shielding the ball is also far better then what we get with the likes of Pulisic and Werner.

24 minutes ago, comtrend said:

Sterling, Mount and James have had some great linkup play in the first half against Italy. Should have been two goals and Sterling would have been heavily involved in both. His pressing and shielding the ball is also far better then what we get with the likes of Pulisic and Werner.

Sign him up!

Just did his best Werner impression against Italy

7 hours ago, HazardousChoice said:

One of the worst posts I've ever read.

Sterling was better at 18 than Pulisic has ever shown the potential to be.

Sterling is a proven goal scorer at the top level, an elite dribbler and has great movement and positioning.

Pulisic is playing in the Premier league solely because of his nationality and would be on the bench at Mainz now after joining them for 5m if he was German considering how badly he flopped at Dortmund.

I understand people not wanting Sterling (personally I'd love to sign him) but trying to pretend he's not far better than Pulisic is hilarious.

Sterling has had seasons where he's had nearly as many goals contributions as  Pulisic has career goals.

Thanks buddy! Thats my opinion and you don't have to agree with it. You could have disagreed a bit more politely. Anyway, grass always looks greener in the other side doesn't it. 

I am not a fan of Sterling but if he were to come here i would support him 100 percent. In regards to Pulisic, Havertz, Mount  etc we haven't seen the best of them yet. But hey lets go ahead sign a 60mill player with no re-sale value at 350k per week and our goalscoring woes will be no more! 

In my opinion defence and midfield needs the most attention. The attackers we have were some of the best in Europe before signing them up, in Havertzs case he was the best talent coming out of Germany for years and didn't all become bad all of a sudden.

Anyways personally I would rather go for a younger talent that we can call our own i,e hazard.

I have no faith in our ability to sign decent forwards. At this point, I give up. 

55 minutes ago, JM7 said:

I have no faith in our ability to sign decent forwards. At this point, I give up. 

You mean the manager’s ability to get the best out of any forward?

Sterling? No thanks. Dembele, Jesus and Nkunku should be our priorities. Sell Werner and Ziyech. Keep CHO and Pulisic. Bring back Broja as a squad player. Only way we’re going to compete with Liverpool and Man City. 

2 hours ago, Socrates said:

Sterling? No thanks. Dembele, Jesus and Nkunku should be our priorities. Sell Werner and Ziyech. Keep CHO and Pulisic. Bring back Broja as a squad player. Only way we’re going to compete with Liverpool and Man City. 

Compete with City and Pool? Dembele, Gabriel Jesus abd Nkunku won't help us do that.

Would need to be Mbappe, Benzema and Vini Jnr, or better yet prime Drogba, Zola and Cesc.

6 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Compete with City and Pool? Dembele, Gabriel Jesus abd Nkunku won't help us do that.

Would need to be Mbappe, Benzema and Vini Jnr, or better yet prime Drogba, Zola and Cesc.

At least it’s a step in the right direction. Get rid of attacking dross and replace them with high quality squad players such as Sterling and Jesus. Next summer we may go for elite talent.

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Compete with City and Pool? Dembele, Gabriel Jesus abd Nkunku won't help us do that.

Would need to be Mbappe, Benzema and Vini Jnr, or better yet prime Drogba, Zola and Cesc.

That’s a bit pessimistic. 

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

There is still no concrete rumours,all the top sources are really quiet.