Raheem Sterling has denied calling in sick for Liverpool training before his move to Manchester City.
Sterling, 20, last week completed a switch to the Etihad Stadium for a fee which could reportedly rise to £49million after an acrimonious departure from the Merseyside club.
But Sterling said it was a genuine illness – and the Liverpool doctor – that prevented him from training.
"Everyone thought I threw a sick note in. I was in training on the Tuesday - in the changing room my stomach started hurting. I still went out and trained though," he told the Manchester Evening News.
"That day I went home, and I told the doc I was ill. My stomach was rumbling and I had diarrhoea.
"The doctor just said to me you can't be around the other players. For the next 48 hours, I stayed at home.
"That's what the club doctor told me to do. When that 48 hours was done I came back to training as normal."
