article_snippet.sent: Instead, there was only one issue on the agenda, brought about by Raheem Sterling television interview 24 hours earlier.
article_snippet.sent: The interview in which Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers suddenly seemed happy to discuss that unsigned £100,000-a-week contract, assert Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is a trophy-hunter rather than a money-grabber and, perhaps most alarming of all, admit Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is flattered by interest from Saturday's opponents from north London.
article_snippet.sent: Instead of talking about the race for a Champions League pot of gold, Rodgers found Rodgers again discussing the subject of Raheem Sterling's silver.
article_snippet.sent: Raheem Sterling is going nowhere was the emphatic statement.
article_snippet.sent: There was a reminder to Raheem Sterling and Raheem Sterling representatives that Raheem Sterling stock has risen on the back of the work Liverpool have done with Raheem Sterling and the faith Rodgers has placed in the player.
article_snippet.sent: Raheem Sterling is, Rodgers remarked, not yet the finished article.
article_snippet.sent: Not yet of the same calibre as Luis Suarez who eventually got Raheem Sterling move away from Merseyside.
article_snippet.sent: Raheem Sterling admitted Raheem Sterling was 'flattered' by interest from Arsenal as Raheem Sterling contract talks are put on hold .
article_snippet.sent: The England international cast doubt on his Liverpool future in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday . '
article_snippet.sent: There is a growing feeling that Sterling and Raheem representatives are attempting to force Liverpool's hand here and orchestrate a move back to London, where Arsenal and Chelsea would welcome Raheem home with open arms.
article_snippet.sent: Is it about Sterling's best position?
article_snippet.sent: Most important of all is that Sterling is a first-team regular getting the kind of opportunities that young players do not elsewhere.
article_snippet.sent: The manager drew comparisons with Steven Gerrard. '
article_snippet.sent: Sterling denied Every player was a 'money-grabber' in the interview, saying Every player was only concerned about football .
article_snippet.sent: There is little doubt that Sterling's interview has been unhelpful in the extreme, but there remains a determination at Anfield to keep the player onside and head off a contract crisis.
highlights_snippet.sent: Raheem Sterling has rejected a new contract worth £100,000-a-week .
  