Liverpool FC are set to lose as much as A?9m in the sale of Raheem Sterling to Manchester City due to a sell on clause when the player swapped QPR for Anfield in 2010. .
Raheem Sterling is on the verge of completing a 49 million GBP move to Manchester City, with the citizens paying 44 million GBP up front and 5 million GBP in additional fee based on the player’s appearance.
Liverpool, however, will lose a significant chunk of that fee owing to a 20% clause that was inserted by QPR when they sold Sterling to Anfield for just 500k GBP.
Liverpool could see as much as A?9m with the clause, one of the primary reasons the club were reluctant to let Sterling go for anything significantly below their 50m GBP valuation of the winger.
As per reports in the Telegraph, Sterling is set to earn 200k per week with Manchester City, a deal that sees him make A?10.4m every year in his five year contract.
Coupled with 49 million GBP transfer fee, the player will become English football’s first 100 million GBP man.
The Raheem Sterling Timeline:
October: Liverpool FC were due to face Real Madrid when Sterlinga s agent gave a statement that the player is attracting interest from Real Madrid, a move that led Jamie Carragher say on twitter and then on Sky Sports that the player is looking to get a new contract and thereby his agent is feeding stories in the media.
Between October a April: Sterling was given new contracts couple of time which he had rejected, with Liverpool FC hoping the player would sign a deal described as a incrediblea by Brendan Rodgers sooner than later.
April: The infamous BBC interview set up by his agent Aidy Ward where Sterling says he wants to leave Liverpool FC not because of money but for trophies
May: Jamie Carragher said that a for a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers mea which led to the infamous rant by Aidy Ward who declared a He (Sterling) is definitely not signing. Hea s not signing for A?700,000, A?800,000 or A?900,000 a week. He is not signing.a Which led Liverpool FC to cancel contract talks with Sterling
June: Liverpool FC then rejected offers worth upto 40m GBP for Raheem Sterling from Manchester City
July: The player then informed the club, first, that he does not want to go on the pre-season tour, then failed to turn up for two consecutive days to the training citing illness which Liverpool FC are yet to determine was faked or not. The player also had reportedly said to the manager Brendan Rodgers he does not want to play for him, yet another reason to force his way out with a breakthrough finally happening on 12th of July as Liverpool FC accept a 44+5 million pound deal from Manchester City making Sterling English football’s first 100 million pounds man.
