Sunday 12 July 2015

Liverpool, Manchester City agree £49m fee for Raheem Sterling

Liverpool have agreed to sell Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for £49 million, according to ESPN FC sources.



The 20-year-old is set to become the most expensive Englishman ever and City's record signing after their third bid for the winger was accepted and he will move to the Etihad Stadium if he passes a medical, which could happen as early as Monday.

City will pay an initial £44 million with a further £5 million in add-ons as Sterling will become their first major summer signing.

City had earlier bids of £30 million and £40 million rejected before raising their offer to a sum that should top the £47 million club-record fee they paid for Carlos Tevez in 2009.

Sterling had been named in a 30-man squad to travel to Bangkok for Liverpool's pre-season tour but the winger, who had missed training on Wednesday and Thursday when he claimed to be ill,was then withdrawn from the squad as Liverpool entered into advanced talks with City.

He has scored 23 goals in 129 games for Liverpool since making his debut in 2012.
City have already failed with two bids for Sterling, the second reported to be worth £40million, this summer, with Liverpool understood to be holding out for nearer £50million.

Assuming the 20-year-old agrees terms with City and passes a medical, his protracted and acrimonious departure from Anfield will finally be sealed.

Sterling has been at loggerheads with the Reds since February, when manager Brendan Rodgers claimed he had been offered ``an incredible deal''.

Two months later Sterling angered the club by confirming, in an unsanctioned interview with the BBC, that he had turned the contract down.

The impasse deepened when Sterling's agent, Aidy Ward, claimed the player would not sign even for ``£900,000 a week''.

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