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Five of the biggest snakes to play for Liverpool

By Russell Hughes

HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: Emre Can of Liverpool (R) celebrates as he scores their first goal with Jordan Henderson during the Premier League match between Huddersfield Town and Liverpool at John Smith's Stadium on January 30, 2018 in Huddersfield, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: Emre Can of Liverpool (R) celebrates as he scores their first goal with Jordan Henderson during the Premier League match between Huddersfield Town and Liverpool at John Smith's Stadium on January 30, 2018 in Huddersfield, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) /
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – MAY 16: Raheem Sterling of Liverpool in action during the Barclays Premier League match betrween Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield on May 16, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – MAY 16: Raheem Sterling of Liverpool in action during the Barclays Premier League match betrween Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield on May 16, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /

Raheem Sterling

Former academy youngster and famed part of the SAS attack triangle, Raheem Sterling has coped a lot of flack over how he went about his move to Manchester City.

After announcing himself on the scene under Brendan Rodgers, and in tandem with Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez, Sterling found himself as a wanted commodity. The England international also found himself in a position to negotiate a much higher contract, which he attempted to do.

Former Red defender Phil Thompson hit out at the kid, calling him greedy (as per the Mirror), while newspaper like the Telegraph ran opinion pieces lambasting his desire to earn so much, so young. That interview he did with the BBC definitely didn’t help, and nobody was convinced when he claimed it wasn’t about the money.

Sterling rejected a £100,000-a-week offer, then decided to sign on with Manchester City in order to try and win trophies. Liverpool fans weren’t convinced by his motives and he remains an uber-snake to this day.

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