Raheem Sterling has denied he faked illness to sit out of Liverpool's pre-season sessions before he secured a move to Manchester City.
The English winger missed training on July 8 and 9, an occurrence which came during a long-running saga in which he made it clear he wanted to leave Anfield, per Stuart Brennan of the Manchester Evening News.
However, Sterling insists he was suffering with a stomach problem and not simply trying to hide from the team-mates he would leave just a few days later.
His comments were reported by Brennan:
Everyone thought I threw a sicknote in.