Raheem Sterling ‘definitely not signing’ new Liverpool contract

Raheem Sterling is "definitely not signing" a new contract with Liverpool, his agent Aidy Ward has told the London Evening Standard.

Ward said: “I don’t care about the PR of the club and the club situation. I don’t care.

“He is definitely not signing. He’s not signing for £700, £800, £900 thousand a week. He is not signing.

“My job is to make sure I do the best with them (my clients). If people say I am bad at my job, or they are badly advised it does not matter.”

The Liverpool player’s agent then went on to address the comments made about Sterling on Monday night by Jamie Carragher.

“Carragher is a knob,” Ward said.

“ Everybody knows it. Any of the criticism from current pundits or ex-Liverpool players - none of them things matter to me. It is not relevant.”

Ward said Sterling would not move to Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich, and suggested Chelsea or Manchester City were the most likely destinations.

He added: "I am not worried. Worried is making a decision not knowing what is going to happen. Every Premier League club will make a bid for him."

Radio station Talksport has subsequently reported that Ward denies saying the things he is quoted as saying in the Standard.

This comes after news that Manchester United have made a sensational attempt to capitalise on Sterling’s contract stand-off with Liverpool by registering their interest in the wantaway England international.

Despite completing the £25m transfer of the PSV Eindhoven winger Memphis Depay this week, and the acceptance that Liverpool are highly unlikely to sell a key player to their fierce north-west rivals, United have inquired about Sterling's availability as it becomes increasingly clear that the striker will move.