Aston Villa offered Raheem Sterling as Chelsea star makes feelings clear on Saudi move

Chelsea have reportedly offered Raheem Sterling to Aston Villa, following Enzo Maresca’s indication that the esteemed winger has no future at Stamford Bridge.

The £47.5m signing finds himself training separately from the first team along with 15 other players earmarked for departure.

Sterling, determined to remain in the Premier League and restore his standing with England, has been propositioned to Unai Emery’s squad, who can offer Champions League football. The English forward is not interested in any potential switch to Saudi Arabia, according to the Mirror.

Interest from Juventus for a swap involving Federico Chiesa didn’t align with Chelsea’s strategies.

After being dropped from the squad for the Premier League opener against Manchester City, Sterling expressed his desire for “clarity” regarding his position. Despite being the top earner at the club, drawing in £300,000 weekly compared to the £60,000 average of newer, incentive-laden contracts, there’s financial pressure for Chelsea to sell in order to maintain fiscal equilibrium.

“I’m not saying Raheem is not a good player but I prefer different kinds of wingers,” Maresca explained. “This is the reason why.”

“I spoke with Raheem, one-on-one the day before City and I explained him exactly the situation. I didn’t see Raheem after the game. “In this moment, they (Sterling and Ben Chilwell) are training apart. The situation with them both is quite clear.

“There is not any update on their situations.

“In case I sit with Raheem, I will tell him exactly the same things that I already told him. I don’t have anything new to tell him because I was quite clear.”

The Stamford Bridge club is now in a race against time to offload players before the August 30 transfer deadline – or risk needing to keep paying and playing the unwanted players.

“We’ll see,” added the Italian. “Now it is a bit early. We still have 10 days of the transfer window. As I said many times, many things can happen in the last 10 days, the last week, so we’ll see.”