- Raheem Sterling was not a transfer target for Arsenal during the summer
- But Arsene Wenger admits he regrets not signing Sterling as a teenager
- Sterling moved from QPR to Liverpool for £500,000 as a youngster
- Manchester City picked him up in the transfer window for £49million
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22:53 GMT, 19 December 2015
Raheem Sterling was never on Arsenal’s radar last summer, but Arsene Wenger still regrets not beating Liverpool to his signature as a teenager.
Sterling cost around £500,000 on switching Queens Park Rangers for Merseyside, Manchester City spending £49million on the winger five years later.
Arsenal’s finance structure meant any transfer for that amount so soon after signing Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid was unlikely.

England international Raheem Sterling moved from Liverpool to Manchester City for £49million in the summer

Arsene Wenger insists Sterling was not a target in the summer – but regrets not signing him as a youngster
But it is not their lack of interest this year that irked Wenger.
‘We had many players on the flanks, but Sterling was at QPR – that’s where we should take the players,’ he said as Arsenal get ready to tend to the 21-year-old at close quarters tomorrow night at the Emirates.
‘We watched him but you miss obvious players. The history of every club is full of top players that you missed. At the time Liverpool were quicker.’

Sterling left Liverpool in the summer after originally arriving on Merseyside from QPR for just £500,000
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