Chelsea 'moving forward with negotiations' over 154-goal star at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea could start negotiations this week for a deal for Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling, according to Dean Jones.

The 27-year-old has just come off the back of a title winning season with Manchester City, but has been linked with a move to west London this summer.

According to Fabrizio Romano, there is a positive feeling around Chelsea that a deal can be struck with City, who are prepared to let Sterling leave.

The same tweet also suggests that the player is also happy for the move to go through.

Romano has also previously suggested that the Manchester club would want between €55/60m (£47.5/51.8m) to let the 77-cap England international leave the Etihad Stadium.

Both clubs will want to get the deal done as soon as possible, with clubs returning to pre-season ahead of the Premier League campaign in August, and Jones believes that negotiations could begin this week.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “I think negotiations will move forward this week around Raheem Sterling and they’ll see whether that deal can be done.”

It seems increasingly likely with both Jones and Romano’s updates that Sterling, described by current boss Pep Guardiola as “sensational” after a 2-1 victory at Aston Villa last season, will be a Chelsea player come the start of the Premier League campaign, and you can see why fans of the west London side would be excited to have the former Liverpool man at the club.

The four-time Premier League winner scored 17 goals and provided nine assists in 47 appearances in all competitions last season according to Transfermarkt – while he has a career record of 154 goals – suggesting that the England man is capable of both scoring and creating goals on a consistent basis.

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