- England international shunned summer interest
- Reluctant to relocate family outside of London
- Out of favour & working away from main squad
Getty‘Far from luxurious’ future for Raheem Sterling in Chelsea ‘bomb squad’ as reasons for Juventus & Bayer Leverkusen transfer snubs are explained
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Getty Images SportTHE BIGGER PICTURE
Chelsea were open to offers in the latest window, but Sterling knocked all advances back. The 30-year-old forward and his representatives left it with the Blues to sound out potential suitors and bring interested parties to the table.
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Ex-Manchester City star Sterling is reluctant to uproot his family again. A severance package of £30 million ($40m) will be required in order to cancel his contract, with the BBC reporting that “there now appears to be a reluctance from the London club to pay Sterling up. He appears reluctant to give Chelsea an easy route out of their agreement”.
Said situation is doing nobody any favours. Sterling now finds himself in the infamous “bomb squad”, alongside other exiled senior stars, and life there is said to be “far from luxurious - with limited use of first-team facilities, it is a lonely existence”.
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