article_snippet.sent: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has written off Manchester City’s chances of signing Raheem Sterling this summer by declaring the Anfield club are bigger than the Anfield club Etihad rivals and making it clear the Anfield club have no intention of becoming the Anfield club feeder team.
article_snippet.sent: Ahead of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa at Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers indicated it could take two decades for Sheik Mansour’s club to reach the status of either Liverpool or Manchester United.
article_snippet.sent: ‘If you say that Manchester City is a bigger club than Liverpool, you’re wrong,’ City is a bigger club than Liverpool said.
article_snippet.sent: ‘I’ve got big respect for what Manchester City are doing
article_snippet.sent: But at this moment you can’t compare the size of the two clubs.
article_snippet.sent: ‘You’ve got Liverpool and United, the two biggest clubs in this country and the rest of they are fighting to be there over the next 20 years.
article_snippet.sent: I wouldn’t say we were a development ground for going to “bigger” clubs.
highlights_snippet.sent: Indicating a move to City will take the Manchester club 20 years to eclipse Liverpool .