Sky Sports chief reporter Kaveh Solhekol reports that Sterling hopes to continue playing in the Premier League.
Previously, Chelsea had already excluded Sterling from their plans for the new season and assigned the No. 7 shirt, which originally belonged to Sterling, to new signing Neto. Saudi Arabian teams are interested in signing Sterling, but due to his family having settled in England and Sterling’s desire to return to the England national team, he prefers to stay in the Premier League.
On the other hand, Sterling is already aware that he has lost his future at Chelsea, and Chelsea will also push for Sterling’s transfer departure. As the first significant signing of the Boehly era, Sterling’s contract does not include a special clause for a wage reduction in the event of missing Champions League matches.