Raheem Sterling ‘seeks guarantees over playing time if he joins Chelsea’ from Manchester City

Raheem Sterling is reportedly searching for assurances over his enjoying time if he’s to make a sensational transfer from Manchester Metropolis to Chelsea this summer time.

The 74-cap England ahead received one other Premier League title with Metropolis final season and performed 47 instances in all competitions, scoring 17 targets – however has not all the time been first-choice on the Etihad.

Sterling has been linked with a swap from Metropolis, with Chelsea amongst these fascinated about touchdown his signature.

Raheem Sterling has been linked with a transfer away from Manchester Metropolis in the summertime window

Stories counsel a number of European heavyweights more and more really feel Sterling is open to leaving the membership – regardless of not but revealing his intentions about his future. 

In line with The Solar, Chelsea wish to signal Sterling for round £60million – however the participant desires ensures from supervisor Thomas Tuchel that he won’t be left warming the bench.

Sterling, who joined Metropolis from Liverpool for round £49million in 2015, desires to play often to enhance his possibilities of being chosen in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the World Cup in Qatar.

His contract on the Etihad expires in 2023, which means Pep Guardiola’s facet may promote him this summer time to keep away from dropping him for nothing, however the membership might demand as a lot as £50-60million for him. 

Chelsea and Actual Madrid are reportedly contemplating an strategy for Raheem Sterling (above)

Blues boss Thomas Tuchel (pictured) reportedly desires to signal Sterling to bolster his assault

The 27-year-old, who desires to have a key position in a crew difficult for trophies, admitted in October he may go away because of a scarcity of enjoying time, and paused talks with the membership about his future to see if the state of affairs modified.

Regardless of beginning 23 of Metropolis’s 38 league video games final marketing campaign, he was on the bench for a number of key matches, together with each legs of their Champions League semi-final defeat towards Actual Madrid.

The signings of forwards Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez, plus extra sport time for Jack Grealish in his second season, may additional limit his enjoying time.

Sterling may turn out to be a marquee switch for Chelsea underneath new proprietor Todd Boehly, whose consortium just lately accomplished a £4.25billion takeover of the membership. 

The star England ahead, 27, has received 4 Premier League titles with Pep Guardiola’s facet