The next prominent player is about to sign for Chelsea FC. The pressure is mounting on Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell to look elsewhere
Chelsea FC urgently want and need to get rid of a few players, but will soon present their next new signing, the twelfth this summer: Joao Felix, who was loaned out from Atletico Madrid for six months at the start of 2023, is about to return to Stamford Bridge. The deal is said to be worth around 50 million euros. At the same time, there are rumors that the Blues are still looking for another attacker.
This is not the only reason why the air is getting thinner and thinner for Raheem Sterling. Despite a contract until 2027, there are increasing signs that the club no longer plans to keep the 29-year-old winger. When he was left out of the matchday squad for the Premier League opener against his former employers Manchester City (0:2), his advisors issued a statement in which they expressed their surprise and demanded “clarity”
Get Sterling, Chilwell and Fofana ruled out against Geneva
The interim result: Sterling is also not in the squad for the Conference League play-off duels that Chelsea play this Thursday (9pm) and a week later against Swiss Cup winners Servette Geneva. Should his team make it through to the group stage, coach Enzo Maresca could make general changes to his squad again, but not before that
Sterling appears to be on the Spaniard’s shortlist, as is vice-captain Ben Chilwell, who has already publicly suggested a move. The left-back will also not feature against Geneva, nor will center-back Wesley Fofana, who was signed two years ago for around 80 million euros, and new signing Tosin Adarabioyo.
The first-team squad currently consists of more than 40 players, although Maresca only speaks publicly of 30, “some of whom” still have to leave. After all, if Joao Felix arrives, the way will also be clear for Conor Gallagher, who is set to move to Atletico
