Brendan Rodgers said Raheem will stay for two more years.
Regardless.
But I don’t think it’s Rodgers’s decision.
Liverpool desperately need a good transfer window.
Last week my best friend told me that two members of Liverpool’s transfer committee had resigned.
After the awful signings of last summer, that’s believable.
The competition for top talent is intense and the way Liverpool are going they will soon be unable to sign a footballer as gifted as Suarez or Sterling ever again.
Owner John W. Henry needs to wake up.
If he doesn’t, Liverpool will sink rapidly to where Aston Villa are now.
If Liverpool turn into the Aston Villa of the North, no top manager will ever go there again.
The way Stevie G’s exit has been handled has been clueless. Amateurish.
Last summer, before Sterling went to the World Cup with England, Liverpool should have pulled Sterling in and said, “Well done, we love what you’re doing. You’re underpaid. We’ll treble your wages. You’re worth far more than £35,000 a week because you’re now one of the best players in the Premier League. Sign this and good luck in the World Cup. You deserve that opportunity and we’re thrilled for you.”
When Liverpool were successful, the club was run by the great Peter Robinson , the finest administrator in British football history.
When Man United was successful , it was run by chairman David Gill, working closely with Sir Alex.
Today we are told Sterling’s price tag is £50 million.
Do Arsenal want him? Yes, of course.
But Raheem plays in the same position as Alexis Sanchez, their best player.
Last day of the season? Who cares?
It’s all sorted apart from one issue. Will Newcastle go down?
Sir John Hall had a bit of class as chairman. His vision of a Geordie Nation, an army of fans in black and white replica shirts, led by Pied Piper Kevin Keegan, was hilarious.
But also inspiring and moving. We all enjoyed that.
But we don’t enjoy Mike Ashley.