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Raheem Sterling is in line for a massive new Liverpool contract – just 18 months after signing a deal that gave him a 1,700 per cent pay hike.

Sunday Mirror Sport understands that Liverpool have agreed to open fresh talks with the 19-year-old , following the World Cup.

And, if Sterling returns from Brazil with his burgeoning reputation enhanced even further, he will be looking to command a salary in the region of £100,000 a week.

The Jamaica-born winger still has three years left on the contract he signed in December 2012 and that took his basic pay up from £2,000 a week to almost £35,000 a week.

But his development since then has continued to be sensational.

Sterling excelled under the guidance of Brendan Rodgers last season as Liverpool produced their best title challenge for 24 years.

Gallery: Raheem Sterling at the Liverpool FC Awards

His form compelled Roy Hodgson to name him in his World Cup squad.

And the expectation is that Sterling will be handed a starting place in the team to face Italy in Manaus on June 14.

If the Queens Park Rangers academy graduate does prove to be a star in Brazil then he will be negotiating from a real position of power when talks open with the Anfield club about securing his future.