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Raheem Sterling isn’t part of Chelsea’s plans this season. So why doesn’t Enzo Maresca want to keep the Englishman?
JJ Bull takes a look 🧠
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50 Comments
They just won 6-2 against wolves ☠️💀💀
Coman would be the perfect left winger for Chelsea
This is such a badly managed situation by the management.
So if they have to register 25 what happens to the other 20+
The graphic with the trash bags is foul i cant lie
Bcz hes never been that good
sterling downfall is crazy
will be in korea by the time he's 30
Chillwel yes Sterling it's about damn time
LoL he has been underwhelming since he joined Chelsea while receiving a very high salary
Hes been there for at least 2 full seasons now and several managers and hasnt covered himself in glory (not that many have at Chelsea during the same period).
“Are Chelsea making a mistake..”
No.
He’s genuinely been so massively overrated for years.
One or Two more-that-just-good seasons in his career, and then very average-at-best seasons throughout the rest of it…
Given Chilwell can’t defend and Chelsea (perhaps ill-advisedly) have bought 20 new wingers pushing Sterling out, they’re definitely right to sell both
Which club should Sterling go to?
Sterling can go but we need ben chilwell
A lot of people who have never ran any business in their lives think they know more than those who run the club.
"You can't buy experience but you can and they did." Dude just said many things without saying anything
Americanized Chelsea 💀
So why the hell they buy joao felix then??
Chillwell just played 13 matches last season and half of them as substitute/winger…so his experience is not worth it if he is not playing
I thought Sterling at Chelsea was one of their better players last season. Not great, but was usually OK
Chelsea should get rid of Sterling and Chilwell, but not because of this neek nonsense. They should get rid of them because they're shite.
It is possible for this channel to criticize any English player? Sterling is washed, and Chewill can't stay healthy. Stop gaslighting your audience that English players are infallible, and maybe actually cover the other Euro leagues instead of this puff piece about end of the road Englishmen
they won’t regret sterling but I think chilwell. he won UCL before and younger left backs could learn from him. also an attacking full back is much better than a defensive one.
What's the use of experience when you can't perform on the pitch .
Me personally, I have been wanting to sell both these players since last season (for different reasons)
Chilwell is just not good enough anymore .
Sterling is good enough but he is non-ambitious and borderline lazy ,that's why he always performs amazingly when agaisnt his own former club Man city ,but then gets pocketed by championship defenders .
Sterling was an statement buy from Bohley after taking over Chelsea
He has agreed what ownership what or will forced out of Chelsea football club it not for tactical reason why raheem sterling has leave it because they leave or will frozen out like Trevor Chabolah aboulse disgusting 🤢
I think Chilwell goes back to Leicester for next to nothing, possibly on loan.
He ruining chelsea
Barca will be a good destination for him
It’s purely financial. Sterling is on £325k/week and Chilwell is on £200/week.
Whilst chillwell is a fantastic player his injury record should result in him being moved on
That's a very flimsy excuse. These are pro players. Tell them what to ro and they'll do it. Repeat q few more times in training and they're good to go.
Flimsy flimsy excuses…
First world problems
Sterling is more better than mudryk
WELCOME TO MANCHESTER ❤
I guarantee that Chelsea fans will want Mudryk gone next aswell 😅
I refuse to believe as a top premier league attacker you fail to perform standard wing play tactics and instead prefer to leave because you're more comfortable cutting inside
Someone explain to me why (other than high wages) Chelsea decided they didn't want Sterling but just signed Jadon "hasn't had a good season since COVID" Sancho ??
From what I can tell, Sterling offers more goal threat, more pace and is at least a proven Prem goal scorer.
If he wants the width, why not play him on the right ???
Thanks for continuing to pay his enormous wages, Chelsea
Love,
Arsenal
This is gonna fail so bad
Goodluck with mudryck
That’s just Pep’s tactic since Barca time
It's "technical" means they don't want to say his wages is a problem.
The main reason is too many players in the squad…
It’s because they are on 200k + contracts and both don’t really have any impact on the squad
They are still paying most of his wages!
Raheem Sterlingn is the ONLY player who was available in this window to IMPROVE Arteta’s Arsenal. Anyone else are just names that tickle gullible ears, and impressionable minds…none of them would have improved this Arsenal; the gamble would have been TOO EXPENSIVE to undertake.
City is powerful! They want Arsenal to beat Scott when City is beating the Premier League Legal Team and board? How?
Sterling will be another Saka profile on the LW. Pause and think about that if you understand how Arsenal play.
Secondly, Sterling is the only player now in PL who can bench Saka without Arteta’s Arsenal dropping the level at all, or maybe just a little bit.
Pep also couldn’t avoid taking Gundogan back! City pulled all sorts of strings to force him to come back! Because there’s nobody out there who could have improved them like Gundogan. City and Arsenal systems are elaborately complex and need huge amounts of time to develop a working understanding, and to eventually be able to functionally apply the knowledge correctly consistently.
How many coaches do you hear talking about “Margins” a lot like Pep and Arteta?
Rice benched nobody at City for example. None! Grealish is as good as an amateur player for City, used in tiny-brief cameos like he’s 16 years old, a 100m signing! A whole budget of other teams over 2 seasons!
Very few People have taken time to put into perspective the amount of work Mikel Arteta’s put in to subdue City 1v1, and close the gap on them so markedly overall in a season. Last season Arteta finished on 28/38 Wins, 62 Goal Difference. Exactly like City. Lacking the same Deep Quality Squad Depth City have.
Sterling will still be one of the best wingers
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Sancho and Mudryk are right footed but play on the left. Madueke is left footed but plays on the right. I think it's 100% a Board decision to move him on (yet still pay 2/3 wages lmao).