Sterling is expected to complete his move from Manchester City to Chelsea in the coming days, with The Athletic’s David Ornstein reporting that he has already agreed personal terms. With just one year left on his contract, the forward is said to be available for a “cut-price fee”, with the signing set to be finalized “immediately”. It is set to be one of the most high profile signings of the summer and the first between Manchester City and Chelsea since Daniel Sturridge joined the London club in 2009. At 27 and having already made 320 Premier League appearances and 72 in the Champions League, scoring 154 goals in 466 games during his time with Manchester City and Liverpool, Sterling could be a great addition for Chelsea . The MirrorJohn Cross even claimed the Reds were among the clubs interested in signing the England international before Chelsea secured him. Cross, who serves as the MirrorIts chief football writer also names Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain among Sterling’s suitors. However, Liverpool have already brought in Darwin Nunez and Fabio Carvalho this summer for £92.7m, and it is unlikely that they were actually considering a move for their former No.31. The report even states that “it remains to be seen how specific their interest was”, before doubling down that “there is no doubt that Europe’s elite were all willing”. Sterling’s attempts to force a move away from Liverpool in 2015 did not, to put it mildly, go down well at Anfield, particularly after an ill-advised BBC interview. But he has since expressed disappointment at the manner of his departure and admitted in an Instagram Q&A in 2020 that the Reds are “always in my heart” after being asked about a potential return. Nevertheless, this smacks of a useless offer of any interest from Liverpool based on little evidence. Most likely, this is nothing more than an assumption that, given his situation, a club of his stature would at least entertain the idea.
