SPORT: City are set to move for Liverpool's Sterling

City will press ahead with their efforts to sign Raheem Sterling this week – although there is still a reluctance at the Etihad to meet Liverpool’s £50million demand in full after a second bid of £35million plus £5million in add- ons was rejected. With Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne expected to give City the signal to press ahead with a £35million offer to Wolfsburg by rejecting a new contract when he returns from holiday, the Manchester club are making good on chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak’s promise to spend big this summer. Khaldoon’s commitment has been matched by the City fans, with a record 39,000 season tickets now sold for the redeveloped 54,000-capacity Etihad. Another 2,500 supporters who made a £100 downpayment last season on a season ticket are expected to swell that number. And those figures are likely to get another boost if City get to unveil £150million of new signings. A club insider said: “Season ticket sales have gone brilliantly and we are likely to have a 50,000-plus average crowd for the first time in our history.”