What Sterling will bring to this Chelsea

Raheem Sterling became Chelsea’s first signer because the ‘blue’ club was owned by American Todd Boehly. For the English international winger, Chelsea This is the third ‘Big Six’ where he plays, after Liverpool and Manchester City. Sterling can contribute a lot to this Thomas Tuchel project.

goals and assistance

With Sterling, Chelsea can get goals and assists, something the ‘blues’ have not had enough of despite the fact that last year they won the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, such as reported the BBC in a report. The last time a Chelsea player has scored more goals in all competitions in a season than Sterling was Diego Costa in 2016-17 (22 goals). The former City player could make up for Romelu Lukaku’s deficit (now back at Inter) last season (15 goals in all competitions).

From 2017-18, Sterling scored 110 goals and provided 51 assists in all competitions for City. Olivier Giroud (39 goals, now a Milan player) and Eden Hazard (38, now at Real Madrid) are Chelsea’s top scorers this season. Willian, the top assistant, with 31.

Sterling could play ‘false nine’

The new ‘blue’ player could play as a ‘false nine’, a system that Tuchel likes and which, according to the aforementioned English midfielder, he can use, more so now that Lukaku has been loaned to Inter.

intelligent figure

Last season, Sterling had more touches in the opposition box (8.93 per 90 minutes) than any of Chelsea’s current forwards. He also tried and finished with more dribbles than any Blue attacker. Ziyech and Mason Mount overtook Sterling and (despite scoring more goals), he shot fewer than Judge Ziyech, Timo Werner, Mason Mount and Kai Havertz per 90 minutes. Chelsea have many attacking options, but they need a player who believes and gets goals on a regular basis.