Paul Merson believes Raheem Sterling would be a 'massive miss' for Manchester City if he was to depart the club in the summer transfer window. The England international has been linked with a move to Chelsea.
Sterling has just one year remaining on his contract at City, but it seems like a matter of time before the attacker exits the Premier League champions. The 27-year-old would follow Gabriel Jesus as key members of the squad to have left the Etihad this summer.
Sky Sports pundit Merson thinks City should be worrying about selling Sterling because of the amount of goals you are losing. The England international has been integral to City's successes since moving from Liverpool in 2015.
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Merson said speaking to Sky Sports: "I think he might take time, he plays at Man City to the absolute way that Pep Guardiola wants you to play. He knows when that ball is coming into the box, he’s coming to that far post, you look at Grealish, he hasn’t got that at the moment.
"When the ball is whipped in and Grealish is still on the touchline - Sterling does it to an art. In my opinion, he will be massively missed. It might take time at Chelsea but he will be a great signing.
"You hear about Ronaldo as well, I think Ronaldo ticks the box for Chelsea. I think Chelsea play a different way to Man United, they’re not a counter-attacking team, they play a lot of football round the edge of the box, I think Ronaldo ticks the box for Chelsea. I think Sterling is a good signing, I’d worry about Man City selling Sterling, you’re selling a lot of goals, people go to me ‘he’s always at the far post tapping them in’ he’s not pushing anybody out the way to tap them goals in.
"There’s an art to what he does and he’d be a massive miss for Man City and if Chelsea got him that’d be a major signing especially when you’re getting a quality international player at one of the top teams in football and get him to Chelsea that is a major signing."
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