Former Liverpool winger John Barnes has said that Raheem Sterling has “not achieved anything” and should stay at the club.
Sterling rejected Liverpool’s last contract offer – believed to be worth around £100,000 a week – and reports emerged yesterday that he plans to tell Brendan Rodgers and Ian Ayre that he intends not to accept a new offer when he meets with them later this week.
Speaking to the BBC, Barnes said “Raheem has great potential, but Liverpool gave him an opportunity and he should stay. He has not achieved anything, he has not won anything. Does anyone believe that if he goes to Manchester City he will be the first name on the team sheet or are they just signing him because they need English players? We have seen it with players in the past like Scott Sinclair.”
Barnes then added: “The time is not right for Raheem to move, but if he wants to move the club should sell him. The manager cannot keep an unhappy player. This idea of leaving one huge club to join another huge club does not sit well with me, but it is a modern era where the power is in the players’ hands.”
Sterling’s current £35,000 a week deal ends in 2017 and if he chooses not to renew, Liverpool will be left in a situation where they will need to consider selling him, rather than lose him on a free.
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