VIDEO SHOWS: FILE PHOTOS OF RAHEEM STERLING DURING HIS TIME AT CHELSEA / FILE FOOTAGE OF STERLING DURING CHELSEA & ENGLAND TRAINING SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE – MARCH 17, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTO OF RAHEEM STERLING IN ACTION FOR CHELSEA DURING THEIR FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL AT HOME TO LEICESTER CITY WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE – DECEMBER 24, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTO OF STERLING IN ACTION FOR CHELSEA DURING THEIR PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AWAY TO WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE – NOVEMBER 6, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 3. STILL PHOTO OF STERLING WARMING UP AHEAD OF CHELSEA’S PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH AWAY TO TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STOKE D'ABERNON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE – APRIL 17, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 4. STERLING WALKING OUT FOR TRAINING ALONGSIDE CHELSEA CAPTAIN REECE JAMES 5. STERLING RUNNING OVER SMALL HURDLES AL WAKRAH, QATAR (FILE – NOVEMBER 17, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 6. STERLING GOING THROUGH DRILL DURING ENGLAND TRAINING AL WAKRAH, QATAR (FILE – DECEMBER 1, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. STERLING AMONGST ENGLAND TEAMMATES STORY: England winger Raheem Sterling has left Chelsea by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Wednesday (January 28), after the 31-year-old was frozen out of the squad before and after a loan move at Arsenal last season. Sterling joined Chelsea from Manchester City – where he won four Premier League titles – in a deal worth 50 million pounds ($69 million) in July 2022 on a five-year contract, but the move turned sour with the arrival of Enzo Maresca as manager in 2024. Maresca made it clear that Sterling was not the type of winger he was looking for, and the player trained apart from the first team before joining Arsenal on loan. Sterling returned to Chelsea having failed to impress Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta. Sterling was again exiled from the senior squad, and while new manager Liam Rosenior said he would speak with him, the situation remained unchanged. Sterling, who began his career at Liverpool, has made 82 appearances for England scoring 20 goals but has not played for his country since the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup. ($1 = 0.7260 pounds) (Production: Dylan Martinez, Carl Recine, Tony O'Brien, Stefan Haskins
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