JAMIE REDKNAPP has backed Raheem Sterling to turn a blind eye to Liverpool's boo boys on Saturday.
City take on Liverpool at the Etihad tomorrow evening with Sterling set to come up against his former club.
Sterling moved to City for £49million in the summer after an acrimonious saga involving agents, interviews and angry fans.
But Redknapp reckons Sterling won't mind if he's booed by Liverpool supporters - because he's a Londonder.
"At the end of the day, he's not a Liverpool boy," Redknapp wrote in his Sky Sports column.
"He was at Queens Park Rangers, left there pretty quickly, and had a great couple of years at Anfield before moving on to Man City.
"I'm sure, in his mind, he'll feel he doesn't owe Liverpool anything. They made £49m out of selling him, he got to double his salary and play Champions League football, and Man City got a brilliant young player. Everyone's rewarded.
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"Players playing for one club is a very rare sight in football these days. That's just the way it is. Sterling and Liverpool - who have survived losing better players than him - have to move on.
"Will he celebrate if he scores on Saturday? I would if I was in his position. Liverpool fans have made their mind up on him. When he goes back to Anfield, will they be nice to him because he didn't celebrate scoring against them? Of course not.
"Players refusing to celebrate is rubbish anyway. If you liked your old club so much, you wouldn't have left."
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