Chelsea Set to Pay Off Raheem Sterling After Arsenal Loan Struggles
Raheem Sterling is expected to leave Chelsea this summer, with the club likely paying out part of his £325,000-a-week wages. Signed for £47.5 million in 2022, the 30-year-old managed just 19 goals and 15 assists in 81 appearances.
Raheem Sterling is expected to leave Chelsea this summer, with the club likely paying out part of his £325,000-a-week wages. Signed for £47.5 million in 2022, the 30-year-old managed just 19 goals and 15 assists in 81 appearances. After a disappointing loan at Arsenal with only 1 goal in 29 games, Sterling’s Chelsea exit looks imminent.
When the once-explosive winger Raheem Sterling signed for Chelsea in 2022 for £47.5 million from Manchester City, big things were expected. But three years on, his time at Stamford Bridge has largely been disappointing. After failing to impress under new manager Enzo Maresca, Sterling was loaned to Arsenal, where he made just seven league starts and recorded only one goal and five assists in 29 matches across competitions.
Now 30, Sterling has been left out of Chelsea’s Club World Cup squad, and with Jamie Gittens set to arrive from Borussia Dortmund, his future at the club looks over. Financial expert Stefan Borson told Football Insider that Chelsea may have no choice but to release Sterling by paying out a chunk of his £325,000-a-week wages to offload him. Pundit Troy Deeney echoed similar thoughts on talkSPORT, predicting a contract pay-off.
Sterling’s Chelsea stats stand at 81 appearances, 62 starts, 19 goals, and 15 assists, underwhelming returns for such a high-profile signing. Despite once being among the Premier League’s top wingers, Sterling has struggled to rediscover that form since leaving Manchester City. Chelsea are now just looking to clear the books, hoping a new club will take a chance on him.
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