THE most protracted and public of departures is finally sealed then. The briefing, the bullshit, the leaks, the accusations will be no more and Aidy Ward’s bull in a china shop approach to client representation will become Manchester City’s problem to deal with....
NOTHING for a fortnight and then two in two days? What’s going on Salmon? What happened to this ‘zen-like calm about everything’ that you were waffling on about yesterday? It’s okay. I’m still calm, still chilled, still absolutely at one...
THERE are two sides to every story and I don’t believe for a minute that there aren’t things Liverpool couldn’t have done differently when it comes to the handling of Raheem Sterling over the last couple of years. He should have had bump in his wages...
LIVERPOOL should not sell Raheem Sterling this summer. I don’t care whether Manchester City or anyone else bids upwards of £40million over the coming months, the club should not let the player leave Anfield under any circumstances. As a fan I don’t want money in the...
GET ready to drink Raheem Sterling with your daily morning coffee and drag him with you to bed every night. We’ve been here so many times before, we may as well pull up a deck chair, pull out a case of lager and set up camp. It’s going to be another long summer folks,...
RAHEEM Sterling wants more money. Raheem Sterling wants Champions League football. Raheem Sterling feels bullied by Liverpool Football club. Raheem Sterling should be embarassed to face his team mates. Raheem Sterling is a good lad who just wants to play football....
“RAHEEM Sterling, your agent’s a knob.” It was a chant lost in the Anfield farewells to Steven Gerrard, but as Liverpool’s number 31 toiled his way through one of his worst performances of the season in the match against Crystal Palace, it tumbled down The Kop from...
IN A TAW PLAYER SPECIAL Neil Atkinson speaks to the BBC’s Ben Smith who broke the latest instalment of the ongoing saga regarding Raheem Sterling and his apparent desire to leave Liverpool Football Club.
PLAYER contracts: worth the paper they’re written on? In the modern game they are there to serve a triple purpose — remunerate the player, provide him with an exit strategy (release clause) and to help the owning/selling club ‘protect’ the...
IT’S getting sorted in the summer. They’ll talk about it in the summer. What if the summer is too late? Hands up, I don’t know anything about negotiating contracts. I haven’t sat in a room with an agent and a player and got down to the nitty gritty of salaries,...
The Anfield Wrap’s free podcast after Fulham 1 Liverpool 3 during the 2023-2024 Premier League season at Craven Cottage. Neil Atkinson hosts Rob Gutmann, Mo Stewart and Josh Williams…
