‘I can’t waste time’ – Raheem Sterling says Chelsea transfer from Man City down to game time as he reaches his peak

Raheem Sterling admits he did not want to “waste time” at Manchester City and says his move to Chelsea was down to getting more game time at the “peak” of his career. The 27-year-old swapped City for Chelsea this summer, moving to Stamford Bridge in a £47.5m transfer. Ad After a 10-year spell up north with Liverpool (from 2012 to 2015) and then City, Sterling says returning to London — where he moved to from Jamaica aged five — feels like «coming home», while he puts the move down to the desire for a “fresh challenge” as well as the belief he will play more at Chelsea.

TransfersChukwuemeka set for Chelsea medical, Slonina signs six-year contract02/08/2022 AT 18:33 «The move came about, like anything as a person you strive to achieve, and I just felt my time at City was getting limited on playing time for different reasons,» said Sterling. «I couldn't afford to waste that time. So I needed to keep that same level and a fresh challenge.

It's something that since 17 I'd been a regular starter, so to get to a peak time in my career, not to play regularly is something I wouldn't accept. »My personality is to try to fight and change the scenario, but it didn't happen and that's it. This was the option that was tailor-made to my personal goals, and with my family as well, and the direction the club is going in.

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