Sterling to Tell Rodgers he wants to leave this summer

[C/O]

I'm probably jumping the gun since we're still in the dark, but this is fucking brilliant. I'm proud of the club for the first time in a while.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

I'm sure some will, but it may put clubs off

Apparently, Oxlaide-Chamberlain has split from Impact Sports and his father is acting as his representative now, though I've also seen a report that he could be joining Ward's stable. His contract expires in 2018 though, so the wrangling won't start for a while yet.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I'm probably jumping the gun since we're still in the dark, but this is fucking brilliant. I'm proud of the club for the first time in a while.

It kind of depends on why they are cancelled.

 

[tombrown]

Has Sterling just been pwned by the lizards?

 

[Bradley]

Hopefully JH is flying in to dish out b!tch slaps all over the place.

He has Ayre, Rodgers and Ward booked in for progressively vicious slaps.

*P.S. sucks that my work pc won't allow any type of cursing, I feel like @Judge Jules

 

[C/O]

It kind of depends on why they are cancelled.

Yup, it just feels right though. Like a puppy tried to take on the big dog.

 

[gkmacca]

Will players want to employ this agent in the future?

It's his first deal for his own company. What an extraordinary way to begin your own business.

 

[gkmacca]

I feel like @Judge Jules

He is being oiled up and perfumed for you as we speak.

 

[Mors]

This is fucking marvellous. I'm proud of the club, but it's also likely to have burnt our bridges with him and his agent. Not that I'm arsed with that. Just need to whore him out for 50mill now.

 

[mark1975]

It's his first deal for his own company. What an extraordinary way to begin your own business.

The only problem, as you've hinted at, is that this could set something of a precedent. It's been coming for a while, agents publicly dictating what's going on. I guess this is what happens when you have a third party who's exempt from the rulings that govern the club and player. Agents could realistically shoot themselves in the foot though because it would only go so far before some kind of ruling was enforced.

 

[peekay]

Will players want to employ this agent in the future?

If he gets the move Sterling wants, players will flock to join him.

 

[jexykrodic]

It's his first deal for his own company. What an extraordinary way to begin your own business.

Unorthodox to say the least. You're normally trying to make friends at the start.

 

[jexykrodic]

If he gets the move Sterling wants, players will flock to join him.

Why?

 

[mark1975]

For the record, I couldn't give a fuck about Sterling, but I care about our image as a club, we need to not look like mugs over this. If we're gonna flog him they we take it to the letter, we fuck him over in the press, none of this "nice club" shite that's getting us nowhere.

 

[peekay]

Why?

Because most players care only about money and trophies.

 

[mark1975]

Because most players care only about money and trophies.

The big question is whether clubs will run clear, or whether they would use these agents to exploit other clubs.

 

[jexykrodic]

Because most players care only about money and trophies.

Don't you think some clubs will be looking at this and thinking do I really want that headache?

 

[gkmacca]

it's also likely to have burnt our bridges with him and his agent.

No, you can't appear to have burnt your bridges with someone who has already burnt their bridges with you. They are the ones who need to re-build bridges with the club. The club don't need anything to happen.

 

[peekay]

The big question is whether clubs will run clear, or whether they would use these agents to exploit other clubs.

Don't you think some clubs will be looking at this and thinking do I really want that headache?.

Of course, the clubs may think it is not worth handling the hassle associated with Ward.

 

[C/O]

Let's have a whip around and fly a 'Mr. Ward, we would really appreciate it if you, with all due respect, would stop being such a bad influence on young Raheem Sterling, and encourage him to do the right thing and sign a new contract. Thank you, and have a great day. 🙂' banner on Sunday.

The smiley is vital so he doesn't think we're really mad at him.

 

[Judge Jules]

He is being oiled up and perfumed for you as we speak.

You, sir, will be hearing from my solicitors in the morning. 😉

 

[peterhague]

Because most players care only about money and trophies.

But it's dangerous to flout what is socially acceptable behaviour, for all sorts of reasons. Players are essentially dependent on some degree of approval from society: think of the reaction of crowds, and how their image determines what they can earn.

When they already have so much power to get what they want via less openly obnoxious means, why deliberately risk making themselves pariahs?

And that's all accepting your rather defeatist claim that 'all' players care about is money and success, as if some new class of vile automaton has been created in football academies. I don't believe it, for the most part.

 

[Judge Jules]

Hopefully JH is flying in to dish out b!tch slaps all over the place.

He has Ayre, Rodgers and Ward booked in for progressively vicious slaps.

*P.S. sucks that my work pc won't allow any type of cursing, I feel like @Judge Jules

F'ck off. 😉

 

[doctor_mac]

I think someone should publish Ward's address, and every Liverpool fan in the vicinity should pop round to his place and post a turd through his letterbox. That'd teach him.

 

[mom]

Great move by lfc.

 

[gkmacca]

But it's dangerous to flout what is socially acceptable behaviour, for all sorts of reasons. Players are essentially dependent on some degree of approval from society: think of the reaction of crowds, and how their image determines what they can earn.

When they already have so much power to get what they want via less openly obnoxious means, why deliberately risk making themselves pariahs?

And that's all accepting your rather defeatist claim that 'all' players care about is money and success, as if some new class of vile automaton has been created in football academies. I don't believe it, for the most part.

Ward's antics are happening at the worst/best time for sports agents as a profession. Worst because it's giving them a lousy image at a time when the FA is looking to clamp down on the dodgiest of them. Best because they can respond by hyping up their plans to establish their own internal policing structure. But they should ostracise Ward if they want these proposals to be taken seriously...

English football agents are planning to self-regulate the controversial trade with their own code of conduct and an independent panel to adjudicate on disputes.

The ambitious plan was agreed at a meeting of the Association of Football Agents this week in response to what they regard as unacceptable FA proposals. These came after FIFA passed the buck to national associations to manage the middle men.

The AFA, who had FA representatives at their summit, are drawing up rules to be discussed with the governing body. Certainly they will not limit agents to earning three per cent at most from a deal or stop payments for representing Under 18 players — two of the contentious recommendations from FIFA before they washed their hands of agents.

Agents believe the FA should welcome them taking control of their own affairs, with any issues that can’t be settled in-house still going to Wembley for final jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, the FA have registered more than 700 intermediaries at £500 each to work as agents since the entry rules were relaxed in April. And the AFA believe the money from those applications should come to them to help fund their administrative blueprint.

An FA spokesman said they were happy to have an ongoing dialogue with the AFA but that FA rules could not be superseded.


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[mark1975]

I think someone should publish Ward's address, and every Liverpool fan in the vicinity should pop round to his place and post a turd through his letterbox. That'd teach him.

A few vegetarian turds would be particularly nice.

 

[Silver Sean]

It would be nice if JH decided he's not bothered about the £50 million and told the manager to play him in the reserves for the whole of the 2015/16 season.
His agent wouldn't look like a big man then, would he?

 

[Jack D Rips]

So basically the AFA are doing FA, and the FA have FA to say on the matter as long as the AFA dont supercede their ( FA) rules..

 

[C/O]

A few vegetarian turds would be particularly nice.

This should go in the Random Shite thread, but are vegetarian shits considered worse than normal ones?