Flashback: Raheem Sterling Gone To Liverpool..Paladini Today

I would be inclined to believe Pat.

I would also say that it was inevitable that Sterling would leave, it was more a question of where he would go.

I did read that too about his beloved but chose not to comment seeing the source......

But Pat Harris would have spoken to people and would have confirmed that Sterling has gone.

Pat if you read this board and see this message then thanks for that and hope to see you sometime, not seen you for ages.

And also Indys hearing
www.indyrs.co.uk/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9681

If he had his head screwed on right he would have stayed and played first team football at QPR rather than dissappear into someoones academy ala Parrett recently.

Youd think with Lakshmi money we could afford anyone, but spsose not. They probly want to keep the debt down enough so they can

sell on when they need to.

cmon london bud, if the player wants to go he can simple as that, and if the team coming in for him is the club he supports then what chance do we have. Also, with the shambles we have been/are at the moment, what would you do?

Not good from our point of view but from Sterlings viewpoint he had to do it. He would have been better off staying with us IMO though.

My son's his mate, he posted this.

THANK YOU Q.P.R FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE 4 ME YOULL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART BUT ITS TIME 2 MAKE HISTORY IN A NEW CHAPTER OF MY LIFE AT MY BELOVED LIVERPOOL F.C

Well blame Wright for the academy in the medium term.

If you look into what you need to do to qualify we are a long way off

Have you got hair round your mouth?

Flashback to November 2009

Mail/Standard
LEO'S LONDON: Forget breaking records, QPR must convince teenage sensation Raheem Sterling to snub Chelsea and Co

If QPR's best attempt to keep teenage wonderkid Raheem Sterling is the promise to throw him in at the deep end in the Championship, they really must try harder.
Reports suggest that manager Jim Magilton is preparing to make the forward the Football League's youngest player by blooding him soon after his 15th birthday next month.

They are so desperate to keep Sterling out of the clutches of the Premier League clubs who are tracking him they are resorting to a shallow gimmick.

Golden boy: Raheem Sterling in action for England under 16s
Reuben Noble-Lazarus currently holds the record as the Football League's youngest player after making his Barnsley debut aged 15 years and 45 days near the beginning of last season. But he has made only one additional substitute appearance since and not been seen at all this term.

The previous record was set in 1929 and there is a reason it has not been broken frequently - high-level professional football is played by men, not boys. Sterling, by all accounts, is already an excellent player: quick and skilful.

He has made an impressive debut for England's under 16s and volleyed a stunning winner for Rangers under 18s last Saturday. But he is small, still has some growing to do and plays in the hole, a position where he would be a prime target for a less-than-sophisticated defender.

For a club with lofty ambitions and some of the richest owners in the game, QPR should be able to offer so much more that a meaningless gesture which risks a talented player's health.
And I am not talking about the ultimately lucrative contract which Sterling looks set to attract.

If QPR invested in an academy rather than a lower-quality centre of excellence, maybe they would have a better chance of holding on to the forward.

Maybe then they could convince him he was getting the best chance to develop his talent with the best facilities and highest standards.

QPR are way behind many of their London rivals with their youth set-up. They have good people in Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham but they need to put in greater resources, to invest in the future if they are serious about becoming a top club.

QPR lost Dean Parrett to Tottenham in similar circumstances a couple of years ago and a youngster's attention is easily grabbed. But Sterling is said to be very level-headed, a result of losing his dad before he was 10.

He has been at QPR for five years and has said he would only ever leave for his beloved Chelsea. It is the club's job to convince him he will have a brighter future if he stays with them…and a one-off appearance in the record books just isn't good enough.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1226846/LEOS-LONDON-Forget-breaking-records-QPR-convince-teenage-sensation-Raheem-Sterling-snub-Chelsea-Co.html#ixzz0gqEmTzjy

News of The World

Rangers kid Raheem Sterling signs for the Reds

By Aidan Magee, 27/02/2010

LIVERPOOL have completed the £500,000 signing of QPR teenager Raheem Sterling.

The Reds beat off competition from Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Fulham to sign the striker, who only turned 15 in December.

Liverpool confirmed last night that they have made an initial down payment. The fee will rise, depending on appearances, to a figure believed to be £2million.

Sterling will join up with Liverpool's academy players this week. He has not played a first-team game for Rangers.

The England Under-16 international was a VIP guest at Anfield for Liverpool's win over Manchester United earlier this season. But he was also spoken to by Arsenal's academy director Liam Brady and watched by United's Brian McClair.

City were prepared to offer £1m plus two players to capture Sterling, who has been compared to Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott at that age.

Fulham thought they had struck a £1.5m deal with QPR which would have spared Sterling the trouble of moving home. But Rangers were not keen to sell to their west London neighbours.

Former Rangers boss Jim Magilton was on the verge of giving Sterling his first team debut in December before he was sacked.


www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/74....ER-STARLET.html



The People

28 February 2010
KENNY'S STERLING EFFORTS EXCLUSIVE
Alan Nixon; Steve Bates

Liverpool have dramatically won the race for QPR's young England starlet Raheem Sterling - beating Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Fulham to get him.

The 15-year-old has agreed to join the Kop in a major coup and was finalising the deal yesterday despite rival offers from some of the biggest names in English football.

And it took a personal call from Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish - currently academy director and club ambassador at Anfield - to finally convince Sterling into signing.

Sterling shot to fame after Rangers put him on standby to make his debut - as People Sport first revealed - and the attacking midfielder has thrilled the talent spotters.

Arsenal, Fulham and City all made offers for him and United youth chief Brian McClair was at the last two Rangers youth team games.

But Liverpool, who were always the player's first choice, finally agreed to come up with a deal for him and will pay Rangers around £750,000 up front, rising to more than double if he makes the grade.

United pulled out at the death and insiders in the deal said: "It has all been a bit messy, with various agents trying to get involved. But in the end the kid is going where he wants - and QPR have got a good price."

www.people.co.uk/sport/football/t....-name_page.html



Mirror

Liverpool land wonderkid with stunning £300,000 contract offer
Published 23:00 28/02/10 By Alan Nixon

Liverpool are giving 15-year-old sensation Raheem Sterling a stunning contract worth £300,000 to join them from QPR.

The Kop outfit have pushed out the boat for the England youth star who is already rated the 'next big thing' after his appearances for club and country.

Attacking midfielder Sterling chose to go to Anfield for football reasons, but his financial package is a stunner for a player of his age.

As a schoolboy Sterling will only be able to earn the basic low wage, but part of the Kop contract includes a three-year 'pro' contract when he turns 17.

And Sterling's 'camp' will be given a giant signing on fee, worth around £200,000 and spread over the length of his deal at Liverpool until 2014. He is going into their academy in a major coup.

Liverpool are paying QPR a guaranteed £500,000 with further installments based on the time Sterling spends with them - and his eventual breakthrough to the first team.

The deal is potentially the biggest for a player of his age and was decided without going to a tribunal. Sterling told Rangers he wanted to leave and would not sign any long contract with them.

Sterling's decision left both Manchester cubs, Arsenal and Fulham upset. All of them had tried to do a deal but found it hard to agree fees and terms with all of the parties involved.

City are fuming at the result. Their offer of £1 million was higher than any rival bidder but the youngster fancied Liverpool instead.

www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Tra....icle339357.html


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And a reunion of Paladini and Warburton!

www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/qpr-offered-sterling-house-ward-7292678?

Paul Warburton/Get West London


QPR offered Sterling a house to ward off Liverpool

Jun 19, 2014 10:53
By Paul Warburton
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Former chairman insists club did all they could to keep England star

QPR were prepared to buy a house for Raheem Sterling’s family if he stayed with the club.

In fact, Gianni Paladini remembers he met several times with the England star’s family at the Kensington Hilton asking what could be done to keep him at Rangers.

Rs fans claimed the striker was let go on the cheap, but the former chairman insists he moved heaven and earth to keep the man who may hold the key to England's World Cup hopes against Uruguay tonight.

Nothing said or promised budged the Sterlings an inch, although Paladini reckons Rangers will hope a megabucks offer Liverpool would find hard to turn down forces them to sell to the likes of Real Madrid.

Proud: Gianni Paladini (R)

“Rangers will get 20 per cent of the sell-on fee, not that QPR probably need it right now,” he chuckled.

“The new owners have more money than ever existed in my time. Still, a £40 million sale nets then £8m - not bad, for a 15-year-old, eh? But I doubt Liverpool will ever sell him.

"He lived in Wembley, and we thought his family might like to move to a better house, and we put that on the table. But there were agents involved, and after all, Raheem was only 15; all he wanted to do was play football."

Sterling was sold to the Reds in February 2010 with Rangers in the Championship and destined to get through four managers by the end of the season before finishing 13th.

Paladini and then U18 coach, Steve Gallen, now Senior Development Coach, knew they had an outstanding talent, and the chairman insisted when all was lost, he had to get the possible deal for the club.

“Remember, he was still without a professional contract, and I could see him walking away for nothing. All we would get is compensation. Steve will tell you how much we tried,” he added.

“We got every penny we could, but we still knew he was headed to great things, and since we had Raheem from age nine, it’s a still a source of pride that he’s done as well as he has.”

Hope Raheem's next game is a good one. He's due a goal or two... which would help us...