Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: If losing Luis Suarez was a misfortune, the exit of Raheem Sterling looks like carelessness from Liverpool's point of view. And when you take into account Pepe Reina, Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres and Javier Mascherano, the conclusion is hard to ignore. How can Liverpool convince anyone they are not a selling club? Make no mistake, Liverpool did not want to lose Sterling. Following Steven Gerrard's decision to quit Anfield, the winger was earmarked as the new face of the club. Still only 20, his progress was Rooneyesque - already 127 first-team games under his belt and the best England player at last year's World Cup.Raheem Sterling is on the brink of joining Manchester City in a £49m dealLiverpool have also lost Steven Gerrard, while Luis Suarez left last summerFernando Torres and Xabi Alonso among other big names sold by the RedsClub has a special history but they could be left behind by current top fourTalented players now tend to leave Anfield in order to win trophies 
 Question:Even on the final weekend of last season, less than two months ago, Brendan Rodgers proclaimed: '_ has two years left and I expect him to see that two years through and continue to behave as immaculately as he has done.'

Raheem Sterling