raheem sterling is currently earning less than half mario balotelli 's salary .
even signing new £ 100,000-a-week deal would only take him to parity .
liverpool boss brendan rodgers has insisted sterling will put pen to paper .
but he has assumed he 'll stay at liverpool when he has other ambitions .
sterling should be playing in the champions league .
and liverpool , seven points off fourth place , may not be able to offer that .
adrian durham : arsenal only turn it on when the pressure is off .
durham : rooney and carrick are man utd 's only players with the ` football intelligence ' demanded by louis van gaal .
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raheem sterling is a very good player .
he 's been performing at a high level consistently for two seasons .
if a club is prepared to pay £ 50m he would play regularly for them .
there would be no shortage of clubs wanting to sign him -- real madrid have already said they are monitoring his situation .
rodgers says they wo n't sell this summer , but it 's more bluster i 'm afraid . common sense dictates they ca n't afford to let his contract run down to its final year . the situation needs to be addressed .
sterling wants to play champions league football . what 's so wrong with that ?