One of the most intriguing transfers in English football has closed. Manchester City striker Raheem Sterling will move to Chelsea for around £ 50 million, it was reported tonight (Saturday) at Athletic after a settlement between the two teams.
Sterling, who will sign until 2027 with an option for another year, will be Chelsea’s first signing in the era of new American owner Todd Bolly, who bought the team from Roman Abramovich last May. The player is expected to arrive at the Blues training camp in the United States.
For Sterling, this will be the third stop in his career overall. The boy, who was born in Jamaica, emigrated with his family at the age of five to London, first playing for an amateur club called Alpha and Omega, then at Queens Park Rangers, and at the age of 16 he moved to Liverpool Academy. , When the peak season was also his last (2014/15) when he scored 11 goals in 52 appearances in all competitions.
In the summer of 2015, Manchester City entered the picture – and paid him £ 44 million, making him the highest English acquisition of all time (as of that time), and Sterling signed a five-year contract. In the City Sterling uniform he became a senior player, also at the national team level , And together with City he was a partner in four English championships, three League Cups, one English Cup and also an appearance in the Champions League final in 2021 (then she lost 1: 0 to Chelsea) .He scored 19 goals in 77 appearances for the England national team.