Raheem Sterling is close to a move to Chelsea, transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano announced on Wednesday evening. The Manchester City attacker has reached a personal agreement with the Blues on a multi-year contract and only has to wait for an agreement between the clubs. According to Romano, Sterling will be one of the highest paid players at Chelsea.
The Londoners have been in talks with City about a deal for several weeks and appear to be reaching an agreement on a total transfer fee of around €52 million. Sterling himself was convinced a few weeks ago by the plans of manager Thomas Tuchel. In addition, it would be a wish of the 27-year-old winger to return to his hometown. Sterling will become one of the highest paid players at Chelsea, although it is as yet unknown exactly what personal terms are on the table.
Raheem Sterling accepted Chelsea as future destination weeks ago after direct talk with Tuchel – and personal terms fully agreed, he’ll be among best paid players. † #CFC
Chelsea and City, set to agree final fee around £45m and then it will be completed. pic.twitter.com/he08wImBKH
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 6, 2022
With the sale of Sterling, Manchester City will offset some of the costs of attracting Erling Braut Haaland. The Norwegian striker has signed a contract until mid-2027 and came over from Borussia Dortmund for a sloppy sixty million euros. It was previously announced that Gabriel Jesus chose eggs for his money with the arrival of Haaland to Manchester and left for Arsenal in the hope of more playing time. Selling Jesus Delivers the Citizens an amount of at least 52.5 million euros, while Sterling is therefore expected to leave for 52 million euros.
If the clubs do come to an agreement, Chelsea will become Sterling’s third employer in the Premier League. The wing striker went through most of the Queens Park Rangers youth academy, before joining Liverpool’s main squad in 2012. After a three-year adventure with the Reds Sterling was acquired by City in the summer of 2015 for approximately $64 million. On behalf of the latter club, he made a total of 339 official appearances in which 131 times were accurate.
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