Only 2 players remain from Pep Guardiola's first Man City XI as Sterling leaves for Chelsea

Raheem Sterling has joined Chelsea in a deal worth £47.5 million, ending a glorious seven-year stay with Manchester City.

Chelsea confirmed via their website on Wednesday that Sterling has penned a five-year deal at Stamford Bridge, in what is a huge coup for Thomas Tuchel in their pursuit of challenging for the Premier League.

Sterling’s City exit had been rumoured for a while and has finally come as the club look set for a rebuild this summer, sanctioning the sales of several first team stars.

Sterling follows Gabriel Jesus out of Manchester, with the Brazilian also heading to London to sign for Arsenal earlier in the window.

The Gunners also continue to be linked with a move for Oleksandr Zinchenko, per Fabrizio Romano, while Barcelona have reportedly agreed an €80M fee for Bernardo Silva, per Gerard Romeno (via si.com).

And with Guardiola now tasked with reshaping the squad to sing to the tune of Erling Haaland in attack, it feels like a real changing of the guard for City this summer, with the squad undergoing major transition.

It feels like the first real transition under Guardiola, and is certainly the first shift since he first took over as manager ahead of the 2015/16 season.

Since taking charge, Guardiola has implemented his patented style of possession-based football to an unworldly level once again, leading City to four Premier League titles in five seasons, a first ever Champions League final and countless other honours, all while playing magnificent football.

It wasn’t easy in doing so, though, and his first season at the club saw him finish third in the Premier League – the lowest league finish Guardiola has ever fallen to in his career. Unacceptable, we know.

It took Guardiola a year or so – and some