Rodgers: Sterling going nowhere
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LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers declared that Raheem Sterling will not be leaving the club at the end of the season after talks over a new contract broke down.
Sterling, 20, has two years left to run on his contract and is believed to have rejected a new deal worth 100,000 pounds (US$148,320) per week — a significant improvement on his current 35,000-pound-a- week salary. He told BBC on Wednesday that he would not address his future until the end of the campaign, but Rodgers said he will be at Anfield for the start of the 2015-16 season.
“Concentration should be on his football,” Rodgers said yesterday.
“If his ambition is to win trophies, that’s aligned with what we do here. Raheem has two and a half years left on his deal and he’s not going anywhere in the summer.”
Rodgers revealed that the interview with the BBC had not been sanctioned by the club. “There was no permission from us,” Rodgers added. “He will learn we all make mistakes in life, especially when you are young. I think the kid has tried to put off all talk about contract and money. For now hopefully the focus will be on football.
Sterling described reported interest in him from Arsenal — Liverpool’s opponents this weekend — as “quite flattering,” but the London club’s manager Arsene Wenger was reluctant to discuss the matter.
“Raheem Sterling is a top player, everybody in the country knows that now. He is a very important player for Liverpool of course,” Wenger said yesterday. “I do not want to speak about any move. We are not in a transfer period; we are in front of a big game. I respect Liverpool and I do not want to go into any supposed move for any of their players.”
Sterling told BBC that he didn’t “want to be perceived as a money-grabbing 20-year-old.”
“I just want to be seen as a kid who loves to play football and to do the best for the team. It’s not about the money at all,” Sterling said. “I talk about winning trophies throughout my career. I don’t talk about how many cars I’m going to drive, how many houses I’ve got. I just purely want to be the best I can be.”
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