Raheem Sterling turns down £100, 000-a-week Liverpool deal***Says its not about the money

Raheem Sterling has told BBC Sport that he has turned down a new £100,000-a-week Liverpool deal.

The 20 year-old star also says he will not discuss a new contract with the Reds until the summer, no matter how big a deal he might be offered in the meantime.

His word, “It’s not about the money at all,” the England forward said.“It’s never been about money. I talk about winning trophies throughout my career. That’s all I talk about.”

He added: “I don’t talk about how many cars I’m going to drive, how many houses I’ve got. I just purely want to be the best I can be”.

Liverpool’s last piece of silverware came in 2012, when they beat Cardiff on penalties to win the League Cup.Sterling, joined the Reds from QPR in 2010 and currently has two years left on a contract worth £35,000 a week.

I just want to be seen as a kid who loves to play football and to do the best for the team”.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said in February that Sterling had been offered an “incredible deal for a young player” but now accepts talks will have to wait until the summer.

Sterling’s future has been a source of almost endless speculation, with stories tipping him for a move to Manchester City, Arsenal, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Sterling also said he would have accepted less than £100,000 a week had he been offered a new deal this time last year, when the Reds were chasing the Premier League title.

“If, at that point in time, I was offered a contract, I most definitely would have signed straight away, probably for far less money than being said now,” he said. “I just think the timing was a bit off”.

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