adminManchester City are set to make a new offer worth €55 million for Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling. Liverpool rejected an initial offer of €34.5m plus €6.9m in add-ons off-hand from City last week.
But City are set to return with an improved bid of €48m plus performance-related add-ons, which could total in excess of €6.9m.
City are reluctant to spend in excess of €55m to sign Sterling, who looks certain to leave Liverpool after his agent, Aidy Ward, declared he would not be signing a new contract at Anfield.
Sterling’s current deal, which he signed in 2012, expires in 2017, and the 20-year-old has rejected the offer of a €138,000-a-week deal to stay at Anfield.
As well as Sterling, Goal understands that City also remain interested in Hoffenheim star Roberto Firmino.
The Brazilian’s agent, Roger Wittmann, confirmed on Monday that the 23-year-old will be moving to a Premier League club this summer.
Manchester United have been heavily linked with Firmino, who would be available for a fee in the region of €20.7m, but have moved to distance themselves from reports of an agreement to sign the Brazilian. — Goal
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