New Manchester City signing Raheem Sterling poses with a club scarf as he leaves the club's Etihad Stadium in Manchester air max 97 triple black pas cher , Britain, July 14, 2015. Manchester City made Raheem Sterling the most expensive English player in history when they completed a deal for the 20-year-old forward on Tuesday, rubber-stamping an acrimonious end to his Liverpool career. City paid 49 million pounds for Sterling nike air max 97 noir homme , according to media reports, with the England international signing a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium. [PhotoAgencies] LONDON - Manchester City made Raheem Sterling the most expensive English player in history when they completed a deal for the 20-year-old forward on Tuesday, rubber-stamping an acrimonious end to his Liverpool career.
City paid 49 million pounds ($76.4 million) for Sterling, according to media reports air max 97 ultra noir , with the England international signing a five-year contract at the Etihad Stadium.
The pacy winger will fly out to join his new team mates, who are on a pre-season tour in Australia.
"Raheem Sterling is one of the best attacking players in world football, and I am very much looking forward to him joining our squad out in Australia later this week," City manager Manuel Pellegrini said on the club website (www.mcfc).
"He is a young player with outstanding ability air max 97 silver bullet pas cher , and I am sure the Manchester City fans will be very excited about seeing him in action for the team."
Abu Dhabi-owned City did not confirm the transfer fee but said it was a record for the club.
The fee is also higher than the previous record for an English player, surpassing the 35 million pounds Liverpool paid Newcastle United for target man Andy Carroll in 2011.
Sterling endured an acrimonious end to his career at Liverpool after making 129 appearances and scoring 23 goals, having moved to the Merseyside outfit from Queens Park Rangers in 2010 as a 15-year-old.
His relationship with Liverpool hit trouble in April as contract talks stalled and he gave an unauthorised