He's had 3 top seasons at City but his level has dropped in the last 2, there's a reason why he is available now.

We get him now he will be no different to the wingers we have already who are struggling to score.

He was a pivotal clog in a system that won major honors in the toughest league in the world. 

He is undoubtedly different than what we have. 

Might not be the signing we all want if it does go ahead, but he can control the football like a professional footballer, Werner can't.

It's an immediate upgrade IMO and while it might not be a signing that brings us that much closer to City or Liverpool at least it's a signing that could help keep Spurs and Utd at bay.

 

I totally get why folk don't want us to sign him. Has played for two of our biggest rivals and I always prefer a player to become a CFC legend, rather than one who has already made his name elsewhere. Plus he's a bit of a diver and can be a bell-end at times.

That said, he is way more consistent than anything we have and is a big improvement on the likes of CHO and Ziyech, so as long as we don't have to pay silly money for him, it would be a yes from me. Sterling & Richarlison looks a lot more threatening with goals and assists than CHO, Pulicic, Werner or Ziyech.

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Our attacking lineup can’t hit a cows arse with a banjo so happy to take anyone who has scored a few goals in the premier league 

wtf are people talking about regarding his wages?!

Be a better bet to play some youth and have some faith over paying bledy sterling more than anyone else at the club! The wages I've seen discussed lately don't make sense to me tbh

Something a bit stinky about Stirling always was and his finishing is very hot and cold but its a decent target and it seems legit if we can believe the bbc about anything anymore!

Slightly miffed as why the bbc are claiming he's our main major signing target, Like wtf we need at least 3 in bare min!?

No interest at 60m. 35m was interesting, but not that price thanks.

No interest from me at any price really.

You can point to his stats and he's scored a decent amount, but that's in a City side and previously in a Liverpool side, who created tonnes of chances on a plate for him. When is the last time you saw him really create something out of nothing for himself?

Tbf Sterling is always one of England's better performers and they play a far similar way to us than City. 

7 minutes ago, Zeta said:

No interest from me at any price really.

You can point to his stats and he's scored a decent amount, but that's in a City side and previously in a Liverpool side, who created tonnes of chances on a plate for him. When is the last time you saw him really create something out of nothing for himself?

Or track back, win a challenge, etc

I think every reasonable wide player we could go for has their downsides and there’s something everyone can be wary of.

 

Sterling - has a tendency to miss chances and is a city bench warmer

Dembele - Injury prone, rumoured attitude issues 

Nkunku - Our recent Bundesliga signings have left me a bit concerned whether he’ll transition well to the prem and he’s also not had consistent great seasons

Raphinha - Looks decent in a Leeds team but is he good enough to play for a team challenging for the prem?

Richarlison - Has a tendency to go missing during long periods of the season

Hazard - club legend and brilliant on his say but has glass ankles and hardly played consistent football since he left us

Gnabry - Probably the one with the least downsides but are Bayern willing to part with him

Leao - Looks class in Serie A but Milan wanting around €100m for him is steep and similar to Nkunku he hasn’t done it on a consistent basis as of yet. Also Serie A isn’t the strongest league right now.

 

Basically everyone we can get will be a bit of a punt and at least Sterling is a proven premier league scorer, I’d be happy for him to come.

1 minute ago, timetowaste said:

I think every reasonable wide player we could go for has their downsides and there’s something everyone can be wary of.

 

Sterling - has a tendency to miss chances and is a city bench warmer

Dembele - Injury prone, rumoured attitude issues 

Nkunku - Our recent Bundesliga signings have left me a bit concerned whether he’ll transition well to the prem and he’s also not had consistent great seasons

Raphinha - Looks decent in a Leeds team but is he good enough to play for a team challenging for the prem?

Richarlison - Has a tendency to go missing during long periods of the season

Hazard - club legend and brilliant on his say but has glass ankles and hardly played consistent football since he left us

Gnabry - Probably the one with the least downsides but are Bayern willing to part with him

Leao - Looks class in Serie A but Milan wanting around €100m for him is steep and similar to Nkunku he hasn’t done it on a consistent basis as of yet. Also Serie A isn’t the strongest league right now.

 

Basically everyone we can get will be a bit of a punt and at least Sterling is a proven premier league scorer, I’d be happy for him to come.

If sterling's price is £65m then its a joke, Richarlison best on that list just been in a p1ss poor team but is 25 and has a real air of quality about him

8 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

I think every reasonable wide player we could go for has their downsides and there’s something everyone can be wary of.

 

Sterling - has a tendency to miss chances and is a city bench warmer

Dembele - Injury prone, rumoured attitude issues 

Nkunku - Our recent Bundesliga signings have left me a bit concerned whether he’ll transition well to the prem and he’s also not had consistent great seasons

Raphinha - Looks decent in a Leeds team but is he good enough to play for a team challenging for the prem?

Richarlison - Has a tendency to go missing during long periods of the season

Hazard - club legend and brilliant on his say but has glass ankles and hardly played consistent football since he left us

Gnabry - Probably the one with the least downsides but are Bayern willing to part with him

Leao - Looks class in Serie A but Milan wanting around €100m for him is steep and similar to Nkunku he hasn’t done it on a consistent basis as of yet. Also Serie A isn’t the strongest league right now.

 

Basically everyone we can get will be a bit of a punt and at least Sterling is a proven premier league scorer, I’d be happy for him to come.

Whilst I also have concerns about Sterling, can't find any argument against this post.

I don't get this signing at all. Our problem is finishing and players taking on chances themselves, how does Sterling improve this?

54 minutes ago, Kantesmini said:

If sterling's price is £65m then its a joke, Richarlison best on that list just been in a p1ss poor team but is 25 and has a real air of quality about him

Richarlison might be worth a punt imo, especially if we can lower the fee with a player exchange.

37 minutes ago, abigsmurf said:

I don't get this signing at all. Our problem is finishing and players taking on chances themselves, how does Sterling improve this?

Cos a 100 PL goals says he knows how to

I don’t rate Richarlison at all, I think Everton is his level definitely. Sterling is one of the best players in league and has been for a while, to sign him for 35m would be an incredible move by us.

He’s so much better than what we’ve got, he immediately improves our attack. For 35m I definitely take that, rather than spending 100m on Lukaku, or 50m on Timo, or 90m on Havertz.

Sterling and Dembele would be incredible business.

I share the opinion of the people who don't want to see Sterling at Chelsea. He is a good player with good statistics, yes, but in my opinion the cons outweigh the pros clearly in this case.

Pros - He is better at dribbling than all of our offensive players, has good movement and positioning, has experienced clubsuccess at City and is an England international.

Cons - He is on 300k a week, which is definitely too much for a player like him and we have in Werner a kinda similar player to him on almost 300k a week on our books already, even if Sterling is technical superior to him to me this would make no sense.

-We don't have creators of the same caliber as City in our squad, which means there is a big chance that Sterling would underperform like our offensive players bar Mount did this season.

-We would have to pay City the Fraudclub a high fee for his services, for which they than would sign a younger player with higher potential as a replacement, which would make us look like idiots in the public eye again and asks the question why we didn't sign their replacement player in the first place.

- He has a potentially toxic personality which could have a negative effect in the dressing room. His extremely unsportsmanlike conduct on the pitch is not a secret. There is a clear reason why many football fans think he is an a-hole and have a negative opinion of him.

- There are younger more interesting players on the market, even Gabriel Jesus of City i would count as such, who i think would fit our system better. Of the players timetowaste named i find Nkunku, Leao and Raphinha are the most Interesting, Leao maybe seems a bit raw. In my opinion the biggest criteria for any player we sign should be that we can sign them on marketrealistic fees and wages.

 

In my opinion it would be ridiculous if we learned nothing from the Lukaku debacle and make the same mistake again.

It does seem odd we would be interested in Sterling and not Gabriel Jesus, they seem of a similar level to me.

27 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I don’t rate Richarlison at all, I think Everton is his level definitely. Sterling is one of the best players in league and has been for a while, to sign him for 35m would be an incredible move by us.

He’s so much better than what we’ve got, he immediately improves our attack. For 35m I definitely take that, rather than spending 100m on Lukaku, or 50m on Timo, or 90m on Havertz.

Sterling and Dembele would be incredible business.

Dembele has already said he is staying at Barca.

Slightly underwhelmed by this rumour. I don’t quite see how he improves us unless we’re able to get rid of Werner and Lukaku. We’ll obviously need a replacement then if they leave. 
 

I just hope Todd’s data bods have been on the job and stared work. 

10 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

It does seem odd we would be interested in Sterling and not Gabriel Jesus, they seem of a similar level to me.

Dembele has already said he is staying at Barca.

Sterling has done much more than Jesus. He's scored far more goals and had more assists than Jesus, even though the latter is a striker.

I think Sterling would be a good transfer, because he fills a void in our squad. Bar Pulisic we don't have quick, skillful wingers and the American is just not consistent enough. On top of that he always scores a respectable number of goals and creates chances with his direct dribbling and his runs in behind opposition's defences.

I get the concern regarding creativity, but he does quite well for England lately and their build up play is far more stale than ours.

God I hope not.

I have no idea how anyone can look at our incredibly untalented Wingers like Pulisic and not want Sterling 

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23 minutes ago, True Blue23 said:

Sterling has done much more than Jesus. He's scored far more goals and had more assists than Jesus, even though the latter is a striker.

I think Sterling would be a good transfer, because he fills a void in our squad. Bar Pulisic we don't have quick, skillful wingers and the American is just not consistent enough. On top of that he always scores a respectable number of goals and creates chances with his direct dribbling and his runs in behind opposition's defences.

I get the concern regarding creativity, but he does quite well for England lately and their build up play is far more stale than ours.

Pulisic isn't particularly quick anymore.

And he's never been skillful.  One of the worst dribbler we've ever had imo and the worst we've ever had who people pretend is skillful.

When's the last time Pulisic beat a man?  Putting his head down and running 20 yards into the blind Alley the centre back is showing him into is dribbling!

Pulisic is actually very consistent, he's a consistently bad player.  7 poor seasons at top European clubs in a row without scoring 10 league goals in any of them.   Scoring 4 or fewer in 5 of them is very consistent.

If we could send Pulisic to City to help cripple a rival it would make the Sterling deal even better.

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