Raheem Sterling is about to be signed by Man City: Closing confirmed journey

Raheem Sterling will sign a new contract with City. Sterling's salary is expected to reach £ 300,000 a week, nearly double the current level, placing him at No. 2 on the City payroll, behind Kevin de Bruyne. New contracts will help Sterling get richer. But more importantly, it is the confirmation of his new position in the team.

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Raheem Sterling is about to be signed by Man City: Closing confirmed journey
"Sterling-Man City Love Story" is a long story, many knots, many turning point. It's complicated from the beginning. To get Sterling, Man City paid £ 49m, making him the most expensive Englishman until a year ago, when the Green Man spotted £ 53m for Kyle Walker. But the story is not so simple. In order to go to Etihad, Sterling has turned himself into the enemy of Liverpool in particular and of the British like to recognize the knight spirit in general. So far, "$ terling" (note where $) is still the fans insulted every time Manchester City guest.

Because Sterling is so hated, so many people want him to fail. To be honest, they also have time to be satisfied. Sterling's first season in the City could be considered a failure. He did not contribute much in the second leg. With the arrival of coach Pep Guardiola, Sterling's individual performance has improved significantly. He scored 10 goals, created 21 goals in his first season with the Spanish coach. But the failure of Man City (empty hands) makes that progress is not worth it.

Objectively, even if it contributes to 31 goals in a season, Sterling is worthy of being considered a pearl too much blemish. The part that needs to be improved is the ability to finish. Guardiola once said that Sterling was afraid to appear at the point where he could score goals, because his point of weakness would be exposed. But under Guardiola's enthusiastic guidance, who showed him from turning the ball at the ball, Sterling made significant progress. The first is to choose a location. Last season, Sterling scored 23 goals, and many of them were ball hits from close range.

The last step of finishing is finishing skill. This season, Sterling has scored very high-quality goals, such as the goals scored against Arsenal, Newcastle in the Premier League, or goals in the Spanish league in the UEFA Nations League. From the "fear of appearing in the position that can be scored," Sterling advanced to "be present at the right place," and now was able to create his own scoring opportunity. With the speed and the inherent instability, additional decision-making capabilities and finally the ball handling technique is getting better and better.

When signing a new contract, Sterling understood that the difference was not only that he would be sticking with Etihad for at least another 2 years (compared to the current contract), and that his account would have more. £ 6m a year (£ 120,000 difference a week). Signing that contract, Sterling considered "accepting" the greatest of his work: finding the assertion.

Sow again for Southampton?
In the first leg at Etihad last season, City had to wait until 90 + 6 to reach a decisive goal against Southampton. No one else is Sterling. In total, Southampton beat Sterling four times and made two assists.