Raheem Sterling: Liverpool winger not achieved anything - Barnes
Raheem Sterling has "not achieved anything" and should stay at Liverpool, says former Reds winger John Barnes.
Sterling, 20, has rejected a £100,000-a-week contract and is expected to tell club boss Brendan Rodgers
he wants to leave Anfield in the summer.
Manchester City are linked with the England winger, but Barnes says he would "not become a regular for them".
"Raheem has great potential, but Liverpool gave him an opportunity and he should stay," said Barnes.
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Sterling not 'money-grabbing 20-year-old'
"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?"
Barnes said there were other examples of players whose careers had not progressed at City.
"We have seen it with players in the past like Scott Sinclair," he added.
Sterling, whose current contract is worth £35,000 a week, said in a BBC interview in April that he "talks about winning trophies" rather than money.
His current deal ends in 2017 and last month he confirmed that he had
turned down the offer of a new contract.
Rodgers, Sterling and Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre are scheduled to hold a meeting on Friday.
ah.. the pen money.. that's where the 35million spare disappeared to. a diamond encrusted brio for ian... which raheem just pocketed on his way out the door.
Raheem Sterling: Liverpool winger not achieved anything - Barnes
Raheem Sterling has "not achieved anything" and should stay at Liverpool, says former Reds winger John Barnes.
Sterling, 20, has rejected a £100,000-a-week contract and is expected to tell club boss Brendan Rodgers
he wants to leave Anfield in the summer.
Manchester City are linked with the England winger, but Barnes says he would "not become a regular for them".
"Raheem has great potential, but Liverpool gave him an opportunity and he should stay," said Barnes.
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Sterling not 'money-grabbing 20-year-old'
"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?"
Barnes said there were other examples of players whose careers had not progressed at City.
"We have seen it with players in the past like Scott Sinclair," he added.
Sterling, whose current contract is worth £35,000 a week, said in a BBC interview in April that he "talks about winning trophies" rather than money.
His current deal ends in 2017 and last month he confirmed that he had
turned down the offer of a new contract.
Rodgers, Sterling and Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre are scheduled to hold a meeting on Friday.
