Raheem Sterling’s next club update: ‘Something could be done in the next 24 hours’
Raheem Sterling could move to Germany in order to reignite his career amid his difficulties remaining in the Premier League.
That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who can’t foresee Sterling joining another Premier League club.
Sterling may have to move before the deadline for when clubs can submit their squads for the next round of European competition.
Chelsea released Sterling by mutual consent in January after the club struggled to offload the 31-year-old, who was not part of their plans.
‘Big question mark over Raheem Sterling’
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – states Sterling is facing a “difficult” situation.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness believes Sterling needs to “prove himself” after his spell at Chelsea.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I do expect Raheem to be looking actively right now in Europe. Where it’s going to be difficult, was talk of a couple of German clubs and I think Germany may end up being the route that he may go.
“I know he’d love to stay in London. It’s difficult to see where he’s going to end up. I don’t see him going to Spurs, I don’t see him going to West Ham, I don’t see him going to Arsenal. It’s difficult to see where he might fit in the UK, so I’m still thinking European, and something might be done in the next day or two before this deadline.
“If he doesn’t move before the deadline, then he’s going to be looking for something certainly back in the UK at vastly reduced rates. So we’ll see where that ends up. But still a big question mark over Raheem.
“I don’t believe all the media hype we’re hearing about how hungry and how fit he is from the agent, because he’s still got to prove himself, and he didn’t do that well at Chelsea.”
Sterling could join former Chelsea teammate at West Ham
West Ham have registered their interest in Sterling, who as a free agent is able to join any club even after the January transfer window has closed.
Axel Disasi joined West Ham on loan from Chelsea on deadline day, who, like Sterling, was also frozen out at Stamford Bridge.
The Hammers were keen to add reinforcements to their squad in January due to their perilous Premier League position in the bottom three.