I've heard we are sending him to Man City for 50m and telling them that's Raheem. It may just work 'cos they are both 'black'.
http://www.espnfc.com/story/2521067/jerome-sinclair-rejects-new-liverpool-deal-sources
By Peter O'Rourke
Liverpool youngster Jerome Sinclair rejects new Anfield contract - sources
Liverpool youngster Jerome Sinclair has turned down the offer of a new deal and asked to leave the club, sources have told ESPN FC.
Sinclair, 18, is highly regarded at Anfield and was handed his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge towards the end of last season.
The striker became the youngest player ever to play for the club when he made his debut in a Capital One Cup win at West Brom in September 2012 at the age of 16 years and six days.
Sinclair, who has been tipped as one of the best prospects to emerge from Liverpool in recent years, had a spell on loan at Wigan Athletic last season but made just one appearance.
He was not included in Liverpool's squad for the preseason trip to Asia and Australia amid uncertainty over his future.
http://www.espnfc.com/story/2521067/jerome-sinclair-rejects-new-liverpool-deal-sources
By Peter O'Rourke
Liverpool youngster Jerome Sinclair rejects new Anfield contract - sources
Liverpool youngster Jerome Sinclair has turned down the offer of a new deal and asked to leave the club, sources have told ESPN FC.
Sinclair, 18, is highly regarded at Anfield and was handed his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge towards the end of last season.
The striker became the youngest player ever to play for the club when he made his debut in a Capital One Cup win at West Brom in September 2012 at the age of 16 years and six days.
Sinclair, who has been tipped as one of the best prospects to emerge from Liverpool in recent years, had a spell on loan at Wigan Athletic last season but made just one appearance.
He was not included in Liverpool's squad for the preseason trip to Asia and Australia amid uncertainty over his future.
£60 million please.
And so it begins.
It's not just down to money, though. He's a sensible kid. He also wanted assurances that he'd get a proper chance. That's what I was alluding to a while ago - while on the outside there's still all of this 'Rodgers at least gives kids a chance,' on the inside - to some extent understandably - there's more scepticism about how true that still is. As the pressure's built on Rodgers, he's been less evident at the academy and reserve games, and seemingly less trusting of the up and coming talent. So while the hype goes on outside - and even from new arrivals like Ings - some of the young lads have watched the new signings last summer and this, in positions they've been hoping to graduate to, and wondered just how open the road is in terms of progressing into first team contention. So it's a tense time. It would do the mood the world of good, as well as help a young player who genuinely deserves it, if Ryan Kent, say, was given a bit of a push forward on this summer tour and at the start of next season. The kids need to re-believe in the manager's philosophy.
Disappointing read that is ... Any chance to change this with Sinclair? I'm sure a contract with 'first team assurances' could work no?
No young talent who leaves Liverpool ever prospers really.
Disappointing read that is ... Any chance to change this with Sinclair? I'm sure a contract with 'first team assurances' could work no?
Different ball games these days as we quite far down the food chain. It's possible we'll now lose some of our better prospects through their choice; not just the ones we cast aside. Maybe Sinclair is an example, though I don't really know how good he actually is.
It's not just down to money, though. He's a sensible kid. He also wanted assurances that he'd get a proper chance. That's what I was alluding to a while ago - while on the outside there's still all of this 'Rodgers at least gives kids a chance,' on the inside - to some extent understandably - there's more scepticism about how true that still is. As the pressure's built on Rodgers, he's been less evident at the academy and reserve games, and seemingly less trusting of the up and coming talent. Most of the hype came from Sterling; since then the pattern has been more about players going out on loan, then going out on loan again, rather than getting the same kind of break here. So while the hype goes on outside - and even from new arrivals like Ings - some of the young lads have watched the new signings last summer and this, in positions they've been hoping to graduate to, and wondered just how open the road is in terms of progressing into first team contention. So it's a tense time. It would do the mood the world of good, as well as help a young player who genuinely deserves it, if Ryan Kent, say, was given a bit of a push forward on this summer tour and at the start of next season. The kids need to re-believe in the manager's philosophy.