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Post by QPR Report on Mar 4, 2010 13:23:55 GMT
Actually I'm not sure there's anything here, not already noted in generalSunday Mercury
Revealed: How Liverpool snared wonderkidMar 4 2010 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.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/national-sport/2010/03/04/revealed-how-liverpool-snared-wonderkid-66331-25962992/
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Post by ingham on Mar 4, 2010 17:17:31 GMT
They found it hard to agree fees and terms with 'all of the parties involved'.
Says it all, really.
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Post by cpr on Mar 5, 2010 9:14:14 GMT
Unlike a pro footballer, it was ultimately his choice.
If he had a pro contract he'd be at citeh now.
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Post by desorchid on Mar 5, 2010 9:28:03 GMT
This is one where i don't really blame anyone at Rangers, even the people a lot of us don't like.
It's the X-factor culture we have now.
Heard a really interesting interview with Olly, discussing signing pro-forms with Bristol Rovers. Bristol City had already been and promised the earth, but Olly signed for Rovers as they were honest.
Kids these days blah blah blah.
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Post by QPR Report on Mar 5, 2010 9:34:22 GMT
Football authorities need to do something to ensure proper compensation is paid though.
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Post by desorchid on Mar 5, 2010 9:37:47 GMT
Football authorities need to do something to ensure proper compensation is paid though. They've got less bite than Sainsburys basic pasta where the big clubs are concerned.
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Post by cpr on Mar 5, 2010 9:40:52 GMT
Compensation paid to whom?
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Post by QPR Report on Mar 5, 2010 9:47:34 GMT
Paid to the clubs
You can say theoretically, why should they? (But why should there be any transfer fees)
For the future of the game: If clubs don't get compensated, they'll abandon exepnsive youth scouting/development
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Post by cpr on Mar 5, 2010 10:24:04 GMT
Not just pro clubs though Mike. As you know, I've been involved in youth football for close on twenty years. From the age of ten, local larger clubs come along and pinch the best players. Never any compensation to the club that has spent three years turning a clumsy lump into a footballer. These "larger" clubs need not necessarily be a "big club". I've lost players to academies and seen them return to us two or three years later, very deflated individuals by the age of fourteen. Also in local football, if a club comes in who are playing in the "Premier Elite" division, of course players (and parents) want their son to join them. Then rapidly discover they rarely get a game as they have thirty kids on their books. Explaining all this in advance makes no difference. Obviously a Dad who's watched his son from the sidelines knows more about football than a qualified coach who's worked in local football for close on two decades. Junior clubs are the bedrock of English football, no money is ever channelled into these clubs from either the FA or even the local FA. Because of this, it is typical that a willing Dad runs the teams and genuine coaching is limited. It's a shame but this is the way of things. Could go on for ever and make many comparisions between the scum and the real CFC since the scum moved into the area and promises regarding assistance both football and financial but that's enough.
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Post by magyarangol29 on Mar 5, 2010 12:05:37 GMT
Paid to the clubs You can say theoretically, why should they? (But why should there be any transfer fees) For the future of the game: If clubs don't get compensated, they'll abandon exepnsive youth scouting/development Very good point, just ask the Orange man Just like John Bostock and where is he now lol. Shame but he'll probably never be seen again, promising youngster this boy was, well, I thought anyway.
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Post by Markqpr on Mar 5, 2010 12:16:58 GMT
Could go on for ever and make many comparisions between the scum and the real CFC since the scum moved into the area and promises regarding assistance both football and financial but that's enough. Maybe another thread? I would certainly be interested in hearing more about grass roots football from a person with your experience, knowledge and obvious passion, in all aspects not just the one mentioned above.
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Post by nico on Mar 5, 2010 13:17:36 GMT
I have done a few cases on this, and it is very difficult for anything but top premiership clubs to hold onto wonderkids when they are of a certain age. In that context, and given the player would appear from the reports to have decided he wanted the Liverpool package anyway, QPR appear to have negotiated a good deal. There is a good argument that the rules need to be changed so clubs could be better compensated, but others will argue it is unfair to a young player not yet professional to tie him in to a club when he has offers elsewhere.
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Post by QPR Report on Mar 6, 2010 11:11:50 GMT
Very interesting discussion... Tribal Football Liverpool academy cock-a-hoop over Sterling coup Liverpool academy are cock-a-hoop over their capture of QPR superkid Raheem Sterling. The Under-15 England international last week agreed to sign for Liverpool from Queens Park Rangers, as the Reds again demonstrated their desire to invest in outstanding young British talent. "He's a good player who has joined a lot of other good players we have in the Academy," Reds academy chief Frank McParland told the club's website. "We have five or six boys who play for England as well as boys with Hungary and Germany, so he's coming into a place where there's a lot of quality. Whenever you raise the bar by bringing in more good players then everyone improves. "As soon as we received permission to speak with him we showed him around the Academy and then took him to Melwood where Rafa (Benitez) showed him around. He met Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres and then came back to the Academy for a twenty minute chat with Kenny (Dalglish). We all work together at this club and it wasn't hard to convince him to come here." www.tribalfootball.com/liverpool-academy-cock-hoop-over-sterling-coup-685281
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Post by toboboly on Mar 6, 2010 11:17:41 GMT
Have you noticed that Pool, regardless of the money, had Benitez, Gerrard, Torres, and Dalglish all their to chat to him. Pulling out all the stops.
What do we have? Marcus Bent and a half eaten curly wurly.
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