Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

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kun said:
Agüero
Ferrán
Jesus
Sterling
out

Haaland
Álvarez
Grealish
Palmer
in
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Sound's good. Mahrez and Gundogan are knocking on and dare I say it KDB too so I am sure the club have one eye on the next phase by blooding Palmer through. I'd like to think Pep will want another to be there this season and ready to pick up the slack when some of the others like mahrez are fazed out in 2 years time.
 
wolviedinho said:
His decision to move now instead of next season is a mark of the man. Frustrating player but on his day absolutely fantastic. He leaves us with nothing but total respect. If Chelsea get the sterling who won us matches on his own then lucky them.

I always got the feeling sterling thrives when he has something to prove. The move from Liverpool and the abuse he received motivated him to new levels. Over the last 2 seasons he looked far to comfortably. Winning tons of trophies will have that effect.

Now he is onto pastures new and I have no doubt he will excel once again. The club wanted him to stay but ultimately it was sterling’s decision. Thanks for representing the shirt with pride.
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I fully respect the move from him. Could’ve still got game time for us, picking up a wedge, having his pick of clubs next year with a massive signing on fee.

I think he will be one of Chelsea’s better players but Chelsea won’t have a great season.
 
Sad to see him go but he wasn’t trusted by Pep in the big big games anymore and he obviously feels he will be at Chelsea. Given us some wonderful memories over the years up to and including the best cross of his life v Villa to throw us a title lifeline. Get your life savings on him scoring a screamer against us.
 
Time is right for both of us to part. Wants to start every game and that is not going to happen. Get the money while we can. A very good player but not a great player.
 
Will miss Raz, but I think this is a good deal for all parties.

I do hope we bring in another natural winger. Right now we have Mahrez and an unknown in Palmer -- Grealish, Foden, Bernardo, Alvarez and whoever else might play wide are all brilliant players but not natural wingers. We'll likely be fine either way but having options out wide would be helpful throughout the course of the season.
 
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Strange move from Sterling’s side imo. From City’s perspective it’s a no brainer. £55 mil fee and around £15m saved in wages. Too much of a risk to lose £70m if he was to walk away on a free next summer.

The weird thing from Sterling’s side is that he has literally fluttered his eyelashes at Madrid for a number of years now. He even did an interview with a fuckin Madrid shirt draped over his shoulder and said it’s his dream to play there one day.

This move literally kills that dream. Not a chance are Madrid taking a 31 year old Sterling at the end of his Chelsea contract. Why he hasn’t just ran his contract down I’ll never know.

Anyway, best of luck to him (apart from against us obv). I think it’s the right time for him to move on personally.
 
Georgian Maestro said:
Is that an improvement? I'm not so sure
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Alvarez not really seen enough of him to judge to be honest, and has never played in the prem so nobody knows how he will adapt, Grealish In my opinion hasn't given us enough this season, and as for Palmer I reckon he is a long way off being a regular for us if ever
 
vin said:
Strange move from Sterling’s side imo. From City’s perspective it’s a no brainer. £55 mil fee and around £15m saved in wages. Too much of a risk to lose £70m if he was to walk away on a free next summer.

The weird thing from Sterling’s side is that he’s has literally fluttered his eyelashes at Madrid for a number of years now. He even did an interview with a fuckin Madrid shirt draped over his shoulder and said it’s his dream to play there one day.

This move literally kills that dream. Not a chance are Madrid taking a 31 year old Sterling at the end of his Chelsea contract. Why he hasn’t just ran his contract down I’ll never know.

Anyway, best of luck to him (apart from against us obv). I think it’s the right time for him to move on personally.
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And even if we were to keep him for 1 more season, theres absolutely no knowing what kind of player we'd get. Such a hot and cold player.
 
Mariosfireworks said:
Alvarez not really seen enough of him to judge to be honest, and has never played in the prem so nobody knows how he will adapt, Grealish In my opinion hasn't given us enough this season, and as for Palmer I reckon he is a long way off being a regular for us if ever
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How did you handle Kompany, Silva, Aguero etc departing?
I assume you didn't stop supporting Man City
 
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