Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester City have made a fresh and much improved offer of £40 million to Liverpool for want-away England international Raheem Sterling, according to reports in the English press.


Raheem Sterling

Liverpool are thought to value the livewire 20-year-old winger at £50 million (69 million euros) and they are likely to turn down the offer even though Sterling has told Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers he wants to leave Anfield.

City offered £25 million plus add ons last week and this second approach for Sterling is unlikely to be their last. The club's chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has promised "high-quality" signings after Manuel Pellegrini's charges failed to meet expectations during their failed defence of the Premier League title.