Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[Tom Connolly]

Yeah, Sergio, Vincent, Yaya, David etc are still here.

Hope you can get some sleep tonight.

those exits weren’t the same at all were they nobhead

 

[ctwrd]

Although I imagine they’ll be paying millions more over the duration of the contract in wages than Arsenal will for Jesus.

£78m plus any bonuses.
On top of £47.5m plus addons.
Minimum £125.5m
And people try to claim haaland with wages is expensive.

 

[hammersmithlad]

Beeb now reporting £50m including addons.

Good business City. Broke even after 7 years service & multiple trophies.

 

[amcmcfc]

Wish sterling all the best but it’s time to move on for all , great player on his day

 

[Woody135]

Given us plenty of brilliant moments (and some awful moments). Good luck to him
We all move on with a good deal

 

[richards30]

@richards30

Cheers matey! Was kinda hoping for a Cucurella in exclusive though ;-)

 

[malg]

Good business for Chelsea

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

those exits weren’t the same at all were they nobhead

No, they didn’t want to leave.

Raheem does.

 

[LongsightM13]

I think we just have to accept that newer fans will have a different perspective to older fans.

Older fans don't have these fanboy obsessions, don't worry about the global fanbase, value the PL more than the CL and, generally, have a more informed opinion on the place of the club in history and in the present. So there will always be a conflict between the two for a football generation at least.

The club are smart enough to know how to develop the business. It is no coincidence City go to the US, rather than Africa or South East Asia. That is where the money-making opportunities are. It is no surprise they are at the forefront of e-sports development and the metaverse experience. They know what they are doing.

Well said
Chelsea might have developed a huge base in sub-Saharan Africa due to their recruitment policy early in their journey, but the US and the Far East is where the smart money is going.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Wish him well but still think he’s mad to have made the move.

I really won’t miss the constant brain freezes when one on one or missing tap ins, but on his day he was unplayable.

A shame we’ve now seen Sane, Jesus & Raz move on. Great memories from their time but the wheel turns.

We’ll be fine.

 

[MCFC1993]

£50m is a good fee to get in his final year, covers the Haaland fee in the books.

We got 7 good years of service from him and broke even.

Shame he's going, I think he would have played more than enough football here and been an important player as well.

Most gutted I've been to lose a player in recent years but City will be fine, in fact we'll probably function as if nothing has happened.

I wish him the best but I don't think this Chelsea move will work out for him. He should be competing for titles every year, why downgrade in the peak of your career?

 

[simmo]

I thought he would end up leaving for nothing so to get 50m Is good for us and him. He gets to play more often and we get a decent fee return.

Hope he does well for Chelsea.

 

[City Raider]

It’s an exciting time to be a blue with the signing of Haaland but it’s also sad to see the likes of Jesus and Sterling go. With the amount of games we play, you’re only as good as your squad and these two never complained with being in and out and were there when called on. Integral to so many big moments under Pep and the most successful period in our history. Anyone not recognising their contribution needs to give their head a wobble.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

So it is 50m

Anyway , thanks sterling - can't sincerely wish you all the best though with Chelsea

They've paid 50m when they had no competition for his signature and could've got him for nothing in 12 months. I would hardly call that very tidy business. Well, for us it is.

Sad to see him go but Txiki has done very well there.

 

[LongsightM13]

No, they didn’t want to leave.

Raheem does.

And this is the one point the crybaby fanboys choose to ignore.
Well done City for getting a good fee on a guy who was been plotting his exit for the last 12-18 months.
We extracted the maximum juice from his talent for 6/7 years and still broke even , even after that talent was maxed out.
Thanks for your contribution Raz, let’s all shake hands like gents and all move on. Good luck personally - you might need it at the far right FC Gammon - but hope you never win a trophy ever again if City are still in the mix

 

[Don Karleone]

It's a good deal. Apart from when playing against us, I wish him all best.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And this is the one point the crybaby fanboys choose to ignore.
Well done City for getting a good fee on a guy who was been plotting his exit for the last 12-18 months.
We extracted the maximum juice from his talent for 6/7 years and still broke even , even after that talent was maxed out.
Thanks for your contribution Raz, let’s all shake hands like gents and all move on. Good luck personally - you might need it at the far right FC Gammon - but hope you never win a trophy ever again if City are still in the mix

Totally agree. It’ll be interesting to see how Sterling copes without firstly Arteta and then Pep showing him how to be at the far post at the right time. He doesn’t do it as well for England.

Whilst we move on and hopefully train Alveraz and Palmer to do what Raz did as succesfullly.

 

[chaddblue]

Good business by city. A hugely frustrating player who in the space of minutes could be a world beater or a pub player. Overall not technically good enough for a pep team

 

[herrock]

Sad to see him go, he obviously wanted out , so 50 mill is great money for someone whose form definitely dipped last season and only had 1 year left on contract.

 

[peter.evans]

This is a superb deal for us given the situation.