Whenever a player switches to another side after an apparent clash with club bosses, it is assumed he would not enjoy the smooth relations with his former side for some time, and it is true too to some extent where we usually see these kinds of players ignore their former boss publically, but this seems not to be true in case of Liverpool and its former youngster Raheem Sterling who recently made a switch to Manchester City at £49 million. Actually, Liverpool has had a reputation of losing promising players for peanuts, we have seen this happened in case of Suarez who they transferred to Barcelona last year and later club paid the price when none of their replacements could work in their favor. Now, experts are calling same mistake is being repeated by the Reds when they agreed over the transfer talk with Manchester giant. Although, it was evident since last few weeks that 20-year-old is keen to make a switch but nobody had expected Brendan Rodgers would do this again.
Anyways, Sterling is now a history for Anfield fans and so the club manager, but nulling media reports that Rodgers has had a fall out with the forward after his move out of Anfield, 42-year-old cleared the air when said he is still having good relations with their former playmaker, in fact, he also said he has shared many SMSs with City player in recent days. He said, “There were lots of reports about he and I not speaking and falling out, and nothing could be further from the truth. This is a kid I put into the team at 17 years of age. A wonderful talent. From that point, he and I worked very, very closely. There are obviously stories and things that went about which were unfortunate towards the end, and I was probably one of a number of reasons why he was supposedly wanting to go. It’s done with now. We were on text yesterday, so our communication is fine.
“We had a long chat about his journey before we left on Sunday in the office because I thought by the time we came back, he’d probably be gone.”
Denying any requirement for a replacement, like what they assumed after Suarez departure, he added, “There’s not a need for a direct replacement. We’ve brought in a number of really good players, and if you add to that to what we’ve already got, the balance is good. Players are always going to be wanting to come to Liverpool. But players will move on. The profile of those we’ve brought in fit the profile of how we want to work. Plus we have players who will better for last season.”