Dunnylad wrote:Peter Doherty (AGAIG) wrote:johnny crossan wrote:Raz and his agent have deliberately fuelled this Real Madrid speculation to improve their contract bargaining position - in the tedious European fashion. Sign now or be sold in January should be the club's response. Disruptive and disloyal behaviour.
We can replace Raheem. Someone needs to tell him that, he isn't De Bruyne (irreplaceable).
Technically they are all replaceable even KDB (as we are having to find out). I think Sterling offers something special, something that neither Mahrez or Sane currently are showing and therefore IMHO it would be a big mistake to allow him to go. I agree though clearly his agent is winding things up to get the new contract through - expect comments next about how much Real are willing to offer him etc etc
My point isn't that we can't put someone on the pitch instead of De Bruyne, it's that replacing him in terms of what he does on a pitch is impossible. This is not the case with Sterling.