As per the Daily Mail, Raheem Sterling is reportedly considering running down his contract at Manchester City to open up his options ahead of potentially leaving the club on a free transfer.
The 27-year-old's deal at the Etihad Stadium expires in 2023, and Sterling is yet to commit his long-term future to the Premier League champions. Arsenal are a side who are believed to be interested.
Sterling became notably frustrated last season as he struggled for minutes in a competitive City side.
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Talking to FT Business of Sport US Summit, Sterling said: "If there was the opportunity to go somewhere else for more game time, I would be open to it at this moment in time. As I said, football is the most important thing to me — challenges that I have set myself from a young age and dreams as well.
"As an English player, all I know is the Premier League, and I've always thought, you know, maybe one day I'd love to play abroad to see how I would come up against that challenge."
His words came as a shock to his manager, who admitted that he had no idea that Sterling was unhappy: "I didn't know [he had considered leaving], I think the club didn't know it either," Guardiola said in his pre-match press conference, via the Independent.
"Raheem is our player. Hopefully, he'll be an incredibly important player for us. I don't know if he'll play more."
Whether Sterling decides to move on remains to be seen, but the club that takes him on next are in a fortunate position as they'd be adding a world-class winger to their squad.
