{"id":1146133,"date":"2022-07-10T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T16:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/10\/transfer-news-raheem-sterling-to-undergo-chelsea-medical-chelsea-handed-raphinha-boost\/"},"modified":"2022-07-10T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T16:22:23","slug":"transfer-news-raheem-sterling-to-undergo-chelsea-medical-chelsea-handed-raphinha-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/10\/transfer-news-raheem-sterling-to-undergo-chelsea-medical-chelsea-handed-raphinha-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer News: Raheem Sterling to undergo Chelsea medical, Chelsea handed Raphinha Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><strong style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">Star to undergo medical as club accepts Chelsea offer<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/42dc6278f25d4028b018df2ad111087f\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After agreeing to terms with Chelsea, Raheem Sterling, an attacker for both England and Manchester City, is reportedly ready to undergo a medical today.<\/p>\n<p>The England spectacular forward has accepted to a five-year deal with Chelsea worth \u00a350 million, becoming him the club&#8217;s highest-paid player ever.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the Blues are hoping Raheem Sterling can make the trip to the United States with the team for preseason training.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">Chelsea handed\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Raphinha Boost<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4ce9974f82e841eabaa2109e8d2206db\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mundo Deportivo reports that, following discussions, Barcelona is prepared to grant Ousmane Dembele a new contract at the club. In any case, this helps Chelsea&#8217;s case to sign Raphinha. Fabrizio Romano has stated that despite a verbal agreement with the Brazilian forward Raphinha, Barcelona was unable to meet his expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, despite weeks of negotiations, Barcelona would rather sign Robert Lewandowski, Cesar Azipilicueta, Marcos Alonso, and Jules Kounde than Raphinha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea wants \u00a37 million to sell Azpilicueta<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4099024f3ee645ca8692319489ad5b36\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Evening Standard reports that Chelsea is demanding \u00a37 million for Azpilicueta in response to interest from Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international has discussed a move to Barcelona with Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and new co-owner Todd Boehly, and he stands to earn \u00a311 million a season before taxes if the deal goes through.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old, though, has already agreed to personal terms on a two-year agreement with Barca, which would pay him significantly more than his Blues contract.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Chelsea would like to recoup the \u00a37 million they spent to acquire Azpilicueta from Marseille a decade ago, however it is expected that the asking price would be reduced through further negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Sony-Flower (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nEngland<br \/>\nManchester City<br \/>\nRaheem Sterling<br \/>\nRaphinha Boost<br \/>\nTransfer News<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star to undergo medical as club accepts Chelsea offer After agreeing to terms with Chelsea, Raheem Sterling, an attacker for both England and Manchester City, is reportedly ready to undergo a medical today. The England spectacular forward has accepted to a five-year deal with Chelsea worth \u00a350 million, becoming him the club&#8217;s highest-paid player ever. 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