Over the last few weeks and months, Rahim Sterling was not even close to Cobham and did not train at all. Confirmation has now arrived that Chelsea and Sterling have officially parted ways and that the contract has been terminated by mutual agreement between both sides.
Situation: Sterling and Dissasi were removed from the team by ex-manager Maresca!
For more than a year, Sterling did not train with the squad and was not in contention for the first team. Former manager Maresca removed both him and Axel Dissasi from the team and considered that this once big star was no longer good enough for Chelsea. With the arrival of Liam Rosenior, the final separation from the London club happened. Sterling is now a free agent and can negotiate with other clubs.
Sterling is symbolism of the old Chelsea board that has no knowledge about football and signed a star with a salary that keeps him in the club for years! Exploring his contract!
Sterling at Chelsea became a symbol of an old, lost Chelsea that signed him only because he was a star and a former Manchester City and Liverpool player. The fact is that Sterling never brought real quality to Chelsea on the left wing. With very poor physical condition, he played for Chelsea only for the salary, an extremely high salary that he agreed with the club.
His poor performances on the left wing and visible excess weight showed the full lack of seriousness of the former Man City winger. That has sent him to the stands of Stamford Bridge.
It symbolises the old ways of Abramovich ownership at Chelsea. It is a symbol of a Russian billionaire leading the club with his hands and billions!
Sterling thus became a symbol of Chelsea going to the market and buying the wrong players. It is a symbol of Russian billionaire Abramovich leading the club even though he left Chelsea before this transfer. It gives you a clear idea of Abramovich’s ownership at Chelsea without knowledge, and is ruled by his millions and by his hand.
Saved by Rosenior! Would be persuaded by Maresca! The full context!
He was in Chelsea, staying behind the huge contract and receiving millions. He did not want to reduce his salary and arrange a transfer to another club. Sterling was lucky enough that Chelsea’s new manager is Rosenior, who is extremely open-minded and is not personally damaged by the Sterling situation.
He spent months and years outside the team after arriving as a huge star and major attacking acquisition. He failed to agree on wages with other clubs and therefore stayed at Chelsea constantly, even though he did not play, did not train, and did not receive a single minute on the pitch.
He was staying in Chelsea even though he did not play a single match in seasons. But he was abusing the fact that he had a contract with Chelsea and was refusing the other clubs that offered him much lower salaries!
He earned over £300,000 per week and officially cost Chelsea more per week than Cole Palmer. Other clubs showed interest in Sterling, but he refused to accept a wage reduction and stayed at Stamford Bridge—the club he arrived at as a major signing and ultimately betrayed. Chelsea was the club he was under contract with, yet Sterling made no attempt to improve himself, did not appear for pre-season, did not work on fitness, and did not try to impose himself on any of the managers at the club.
He was extorting Chelsea with money demands, and did not play, and was gaining money from the club. He was a Chelsea player and should have given everything for his club. Chelsea is the team he was under contract with.
The end of his Chelsea contract:
Sterling and Chelsea have terminated the contract Sterling had with the club, ending the former Manchester City player’s time at the club. However, serious questions remain about Sterling’s professionalism, ambition, and desire as a footballer, to not play football and still receive a guaranteed salary.
Sterling’s Chelsea situation is a case study of astronomical contracts, poor football knowledge, bad club management, lack of effort toward the team, no desire for improvement, poor fitness, and, later, confirmation from every expert coach that he was not good enough for the first team.
The point:
“Failed attempts by many clubs to sign him, and the inability to reach an agreement because Sterling refuses a wage cut, show only one thing: Sterling deceived a naive Chelsea board when he was signed in 2022! “
He did not want to play to compete for Chelsea; he wanted money and a big last contract!
He was using a low aspect of his contract and was abusing it! The contract has allowed him to do everything he did.
Sterling never intended to work hard. It was clear he did not care about Chelsea. It was clear he only wanted the £300,000 per week. Sterling joined a club he did not love, did not want to play for, did not fight for—but collected enormous money based on his contract.
Raheem Sterling is a classic example of an athlete who deceived his club, protected himself with a contract, and exploited the lack of knowledge of Chelsea’s board in 2022. Sterling hid behind his contract and refused to play for Chelsea or any other club, contrary to the obligations he signed and his duty to play for the club that brought him in.
The mutual termination of the contract means there will be no legal battle between Sterling and Chelsea, and that Sterling leaves this situation only financially stronger—not stronger in any other way.
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