Young English talent? Sterling is already a full international with 98 games (Liverpool and England combined) under his belt at just 19 years of age. We've just seen Luke Shaw (a defender) go for £27m with less experience. We also saw Calum Chambers go for £16m with even less experience. Why wouldn't Sterling command a large fee considering the above, the fact that we don't want to sell AND he's got several years remaining on a contract he signed just last year!
The English tax is only paid by English clubs. No English club is going to pay anything close to £50mil for Steriling, if they pay that price they will be looking for a mid 20s finished article from Europe.
