{"id":1138240,"date":"2020-03-25T20:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138240"},"modified":"2020-03-25T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T20:29:14","slug":"raheem-sterling-liverpool-news-man-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/raheem-sterling-liverpool-news-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Raheem Sterling: &#8216;Would I go back to Liverpool? 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