Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling has denied allegations that he slept with a £3,000-a-night prostitute.
The 22-year-old, who earns £180,000 a week, purportedly romped with the unnamed in a Los Angeles hotel last month.
The £49million player then sent a stream of angry messages over WhatsApp to the prostitute — arguing over the price — before a Man City fixer left her £1,500, according to The Sun.
‘Raheem may be a millionaire but he is a rude cheapskate. He seemed to assume that he would just be able to just sleep with me and not pay,’ the woman told the newspaper.
The footballer later contacted the woman to tell her he was too drunk to remember what happened.
His actions are likely to anger his long-term partner Paige Hansel, who he has a six-month-old son with.
Reheem was staying at the Ritz Carlton hotel in LA where the club was using as a base for the tour.
It is believed he made contact with the woman while he was out celebrating with teammates, and was given her number by a UK-based friend.
The pair met up at 4.30am after he returned from nightclub Avenue La, a favourite among film and music stars.
The woman added: ‘Raheem had texted me a hotel room number that did not exist, so I was there waiting for him to show up. I was very close to leaving. Finally he arrived and we went to his room.
‘Raheem seemed drunk and his breath smelled of alcohol. He was upset with me for not meeting him earlier.’
Raheem Sterling is pictured with his partner Paige left and right. The winger is said to have angered the prostitute by trying to haggle heron the price
After the romp the pair are said to have argued over money, with the woman demanding $4,000 (£3,000), but the winger insisting he would only pay $2,000 (£1,500).
The following morning, it is reported that Sterling failed to leave an envelope containing cash behind the hotel’s reception counter, before leaving to buy clothes for a pool party he was attending later.
The two later argued by text over the money and, despite further demands for the $4,000, Sterling is said to have left the woman $2,000.
Hitting back at the allegations Mr Sterling wrote in an Instagram post: ‘It’s sad to wake up to more nonsense in the tabloid press this morning.
‘There’s so much said that, as a baller, you just have to suck it up and take it on the chin.
‘I had to say “enough is enough”.
‘Now I have to deal with these new lies!’
