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		</div><p>Liverpool have reached an agreement with Manchester City for the £49m transfer of Raheem Sterling, it is understood.</p>
<p>The wantaway forward was left out of Liverpool&#8217;s squad which flew out on Sunday for their pre-season tour of Thailand as talks over the big-money switch progressed.</p>
<p>And England international Sterling, who has been at loggerheads with Liverpool since turning down a new contract earlier this year, is now on the verge of completing his move to the Etihad Stadium.</p>
<p>City have already failed with two bids for Sterling, the second reported to be worth £40m, this summer, with Liverpool understood to be holding out for nearer £50m.</p>
<p>Assuming the 20-year-old agrees terms with City and passes a medical, his protracted and acrimonious departure from Anfield will finally be sealed.</p>
<p>Sterling has been at loggerheads with the Reds since February, when manager Brendan Rodgers claimed he had been offered &#8220;an incredible deal&#8221;.</p>
<p>Two months later Sterling angered the club by confirming, in an unsanctioned interview with the BBC, that he had turned the contract down.</p>
<p>The impasse deepened when Sterling&#8217;s agent, Aidy Ward, claimed the player would not sign even for &#8220;£900,000 a week&#8221;.</p>
<p>He became embroiled in fresh controversy after photographs emerged of him appearing to puff on a shisha pipe, and then allegedly inhaling laughing gas.</p>
<p>Sterling missed the start of pre-season training earlier this week, citing illness as he sat out Wednesday and Thursday&#8217;s sessions before returning on Friday.</p>
<p>It had been reported that he had asked Rodgers if he could be excused from the pre-season tour, although he was initially named in the squad until Sunday&#8217;s developments.</p>
<p>His actions have prompted criticism from a host of former Liverpool stars with Steven Gerrard the latest to speak out, the former Anfield skipper revealing he is&#8221; not happy with all that carry-on&#8221;.</p>
<p>Sterling joined Liverpool from QPR&#8217;s academy in 2010 and has made 129 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals.</p>
<p>He made his senior England debut in 2012 and has scored one international goal in 16 appearances.</p>
<p>Liverpool fly to Bangkok on Sunday ahead of their first friendly against a Thai All Stars side next Tuesday.</p>
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