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Raheem Sterling appears to have crossed a river that will never return.
Recently Chelsea have been turned upside down internally. This is because Sterling immediately tried to play the media as soon as he was excluded from the game list in the opening match of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City in the 2024-2025 season.
Sterling said: "Sterling returned to England two weeks early to proceed with individual training and had a positive pre-season under the new manager. He has developed a good cooperative relationship with Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca. Considering that Sterling was included in this week's official pre-club data, it was expected that Sterling would participate in the match against Manchester City.
"We have always had positive confidence in Sterling's future at Chelsea, so we expect the situation to be clear."," he said, turning coach Maresca and pressing him. It was a nuance as if he would declare that he would leave the team immediately if Sterling was not in coach Maresca's plan.
Sterling, who released a statement against the club and manager's decision, was met with public criticism. If Sterling has established himself as the team's ace since moving from Manchester City to Chelsea, public opinion may have changed, but Sterling is not playing well to match his transfer fee and salary.
Sterling, who is earning 16.9 million pounds (about 29.5 billion won) a year, is being treated the highest in Chelsea. Even if you look at the league as a whole, it is a huge amount, ranking fifth overall. While such a player couldn't pay for the money, he even humiliated the club and the manager.
Chelsea and Maresca eventually settled on Sterling. Chelsea will play the final playoff of the UEFA Europa Conference League on the 23rd (Korea time). Chelsea have announced their call-up list for the match against Cervet, but Sterling's name is missing. It has become clearer that coach Maresca does not plan to use Sterling.
England's The Athletic said on the 20th 'Juan Felix joining Chelsea is not good news for Sterling. Chelsea are trying to find a solution to Sterling and Ben Chilwell's situation. Maresca ruled out both players against Manchester City. The two players are highly paid and Chelsea are ready to sell them, he said.
This is a Sterling example that shows how a player is treated when he or she plays the press for an individual's participation.
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