Raheem Sterling | Joins Chelsea for £50m

[Kippax77]

I know it's not the exact same scenario, but Sterling is still one of the best players in the league whether we rate him or not. He could re-discover his form and hit another level who knows.

Chelsea still a big club, are now on their longest break without winning the title since 03, I'm just worried. They are not a shambles like United or Arsenal, if they make some smart signings this season we could see a title charge.

It's really a big gamble City have taken, would rather see him leave for free to Barca/Madrid.

Longest break without winning the title since 03?
If you are talking about Chelsea (which it looks like you are) I must congratulate you for recovering from your coma.
Where have you been?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I'm going to miss him. You don't know what you've got till it's gone; it's a tired cliche but I feel it will ring true with Raheem. For all his flaws he has a unique skillset that you could argue nobody else in our team possesses. I said yesterday he leaves a success story and I maintain that view.

But, and this is the bedrock of the whole transfer, I think we'll be fine without him. If I had a billion pound in the bank I'd confidently stake it on us finishing above Chelsea next season. It will be ourselves and Liverpool vying for top spot once again, of that I'm sure.

All the best Raz. You were City's marmite but I was always on the side of love. Here's to proving your doubters wrong in a different shade of blue.

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot ?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

45 million pounds is a robbery !!!
We're gonna miss him a lot

Robbery? We got good money(with add ons) considering we'd have gotten nothing had he stayed another year.

 

[SWP's back]

Lukaku never did it in this league for a big 6 club.

Scored 15 league goals last season and was touted as the signing of last summer.

And you’ve not answered, do you feel Chelsea are better now than they were on august 1st last year?

 

[doobyedoobye]

he is not really a demonstrative type of person though , he was respectful to the dippers and he will to us but it wont be gushing and emotional

That may be why some fans didn't embrace him them..

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Every year there is this Spurs hype where they inevitably fail. Remove Kane and Son and you are seeing midtable level quality all around. They struggle against deep blocks when Son can't run into space with no quality in midfield.

Chelsea signing De Ligit, Ronaldo, Raphinha, Sterling would be an unreal window for them. Just seeing them linked with De Jong now.

Totally agree on the first paragraph MB, but the fact is they are there, and so is Richarlison, you add Raz to that together with the shrewd signings they’ve already made & they won’t be very Spursy, only my opinion but they’ll finish above Chelsea next season….As for Chelsea, I can’t help feeling those targets you mentioned are agent links to grease the wheels, Chelsea are an easy target for this given they are looking to move a lot of players on, bring a fair few in and lastly they are under new ownership, out of the names mentioned they’ll sign 2

 

[kaz7]

That may be why some fans didn't embrace him them..

That is their problem not his

 

[M16 citeh]

I would like to think Raheem would do a similar goodbye video to Gabby, certainly after seven years with us?

If it's just a token thanks on Twitter, I would be disappointed, as it would just reinforce by belief he didn't really connect with City in his heart?

Hopeful he will gladly prove me wrong, as I really want to believe he loved his time here and will always have affection.

I feel like he disconnected from football in general years ago when he was made the spokesperson for anti racism. Hes got his head down and just played when it could have been tempting to jack it in or move abroad. For me he's said all he needs to with his feet on the pitch!

 

[doobyedoobye]

That is their problem not his

I didn't suggest it was a problem for either party..

 

[Tokyo32]

Bookmarking this!

In no way do you think Grealish can get 200+ goals and assists for us though, that is being delusional and setting yourself up to be disappointed. He literally had less than 50 career goals and was joining us as a 25 year old that spent a large part of his career in lower leagues.

But the reality is that he doesn’t need to have sterling numbers to be an important member of this squad. Grealish can also be a very important member of the team without those numbers.