Rodgers tells Sterling: you are 'not going anywhere'

“Obviously Raheem has come out and made his feelings clear on that and hopefully now the focus will be on the football."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wants Raheem Sterling to concentrate on his football after telling the forward he will not be sold in the summer.

Talks over a new £100,000-a-week contract for the 20-year-old have stalled and the forward’s public protestations this week about not being a “money grabber” and having to assess his ambitions were seen by many as the beginnings of a campaign to secure a move away.