
BBC Sport’s football news reporter Nizaar Kinsella has been answering your questions on the transfer window.
Luke, Somerset: What have been the reasons for Raheem Sterling’s massive fall off? He has gone from being one of the best players in the Premier League to a player that doesn’t seem to fit in any team he goes to. What transfer could help rejuvenate his career – similar to Marcus Rashford at Aston Villa?
Nizaar: I think Sterling and Rashford is a good comparison. Both players are among the best paid in the Premier League, with Sterling the highest-paid player on Chelsea’s books on his £300,000-a-week wage.
Of course his exit from Chelsea on loan to Arsenal last summer was a big story, especially after he played in pre-season under Enzo Maresca. Sterling was supposed to be Chelsea’s marquee signing for Thomas Tuchel, but several managers later he is being bombed out.
I don’t actually think Sterling played too badly for Tuchel, Graham Potter or Mauricio Pochettino, but he is a victim of circumstance.
He risked rotting in Chelsea’s ‘bomb squad’ late last summer, before being given the chance to go to Arsenal. Unfortunately, he hasn’t played well there but it can’t have helped that he has effectively been used as an emergency back-up by Mikel Arteta, with the club never likely to sign him permanently.
He looks likely for another loan spell somewhere next summer, in my opinion, given clubs won’t want to pay his full wage.
It’s also worth noting that Sterling has rejected the chance to move to Saudi Arabia in the past.
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