Players ' chief Gordon Taylor insists Raheem Sterling is not being disloyal to Liverpool by putting any further talks about a new contract on hold until the summer . The 20-year-old England player has been made what manager Brendan Rodgers described as 'an incredible offer ' , believed to be £100,000-a-week , but negotiations have ended in stalemate . Sterling has insisted he is not a 'money grabber ' and Taylor , chief executive of the Professional Footballers ' Association , believes waiting until the season is over before resuming talks could be a wise move . Raheem Sterling admitted in a TV interview that he is not ready to sign a new contract at Liverpool . Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers described the £100,000-a-week contract offer as an 'incredible offer ' PFA Chief executive Gordon Taylor has defended Sterling for postponing contract negotiations . Taylor said : ' I do n't think it 's meant to be a sign of disloyalty to Liverpool . 'Even Steven Gerrard , a Liverpool man all his career , had to think about his situation from time to time when there was a great deal of interest in him from other clubs . 'As a player with two years left on his contract he 's obviously entitled to consider his options . 'It is a little bit untidy however when the negotiating is taking place in the full glare of the media . 'It 's the nature of the game now and it is not necessarily a bad thing for both the club and the player to concentrate on football and leave things on the contract until the end of the season . Sterling has been linked with a move to Arsenal and leading clubs in Spain . Sterling scored for England in their Euro 2016 qualifier with Lithuania on Friday evening . 'They will want to focus on the run-in , the race for the top four and the Champions League places , and the FA Cup as well , and sometimes contract negotiations are the last thing you want to be worrying about . ' Taylor added that he was confident Sterling was aware of what he owed to Liverpool and Rodgers . He said : 'Raheem has got to feel very close to Liverpool and he will be aware that they have looked after him , that the manager Brendan Rodgers has put his faith in him and given him his opportunity . '
Sterling 's talks with Liverpool over new deal have ended in stalemate . England star , 20 , insists he is not a 'money grabber ' after turning down £100,000-a-week contract offer tabled by Liverpool . PFA boss Taylor says resuming talks in the summer is a wise move . The rise of Raheem Sterling : From £60 a day at QPR to knocking back £100,000-per-week contracts at Liverpool . Liverpool FC press conference : As Raheem Sterling hints at possible exit , find out what Brendan Rodgers has to say . CLICK HERE for all the latest Liverpool news .