Raheem Sterling has admitted Liverpool's failure to win the Premier League prompted his desire to leave the club.
Sterling made a controversial £49million move to Manchester City in July 2015 having, with guidance from his agent Aidy Ward, engineered a move out of Anfield after refusing to sign a new deal.
The England international, bought from Queens Park Rangers by Rafael Benitez in 2010, made his debut for the Reds in March 2012 and had become a regular by the time Liverpool, under Brendan Rodgers, finished second to City in the title race in 2014.
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But with Liverpool failing to qualify for the Champions League the following campaign and Sterling approaching his 21st birthday at the end of the year, he felt compelled to seek pastures new.
Speaking to GQ magazine, he said: "When I got into Liverpool I said if I haven’t won the Premier League by the time I’m 21 I need to look at my options and see what I’m doing there.
"I put that into place from a young age. And I came to City and won my first Premier League.
"It’s just good to know what I’ve set out to do - what we’ve set out as a team to do - is going as planned."
City finished a point ahead of European champions Liverpool in May to win their second successive Premier League title.
