Manchester City 'agree record £49 million fee' for Raheem Sterling
Manchester City are close to making Raheem Sterling the most expensive English soccer player. A person familiar with the situation said Liverpool had reached an agreement with City over the transfer of the England winger for £49 million (US$76 million).
Manchester City are close to making Raheem Sterling the most expensive English soccer player.
A person familiar with the situation said Liverpool had reached an agreement with City over the transfer of the England winger for £49 million (US$76 million).
City has had two previous bids for Sterling turned down this offseason.
The 20-year-old did not fly out with Liverpool for their pre-season tour of Asia and Australia after being named in the squad.
Sterling, who has a contract with Liverpool until 2017, said in an unsanctioned interview with the BBC during last season he had rejected a new deal worth £100,000 a week.
Around the same time he was pictured on the front-page of British newspapers apparently smoking a shisha pipe and inhaling nitrous oxide – a legal substance commonly known as laughing gas.