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Liverpool great John Barnes has warned youngster Raheem Sterling
against quitting the Merseyside club at such tender age.
The 20-year old has established
himself as a key figure in Brendan Rodgers’ side with a series of impressive
displays this season.
His exploits have seen him linked
with the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
Reports claim that Sterling has
stalled against signing a new deal at Anfield and Barnes has advised him to
stay with Liverpool until at least 2018 as a move away could stymie his
development.
Barnes told Hinch.as.:
"If I was Raheem Sterling I would stay with Liverpool for the next three
years.
"I've seen it with other young
players, a lot to do with their agents, a lot to do with the money they have
been offered, that they rush off to big clubs.
"Of course Liverpool is a big
club, but the temptation must be to go to Real Madrid or Barcelona or wherever,
but the danger is that you can be lost to the game, and I can give you so many
examples, like Jack Rodwell who went too early to Manchester City and Scott
Sinclair who also went to Manchester City.
"With all due respect to clubs
like that, they might turn out to be worse for them, and they end up going back
and then not getting a move again.
"I would advise young players
not to rush, but to stay at their clubs until they are 23 or 24.
"I went to Liverpool at the age
of 23 by which time I was a 35-cap international players who could handle it.
"Raheem Sterling going to Real
Madrid probably won't play every week, probably will play under enormous
pressure to perform as a £50 million superstar, whereas at Liverpool the fans
will accept that he doesn't play well all the time.
"I would urge him and players
like [Everton's] Ross Barkley to stay where they are, and move clubs in three
or four years time."
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