‘Raheem Sterling is an entitled plonker and Chelsea are proper to power him out’

What a plonker Raheem Sterling is.

Since joining Chelsea the bloke’s been more of an estate agent in shin pads than a footballer. He turns up, does absolutely bugger-all, then waltzes off with a massive cheque in his back pocket.

How can someone who’s made Mykhalio ‘headless chicken’ Mudryk look like a shrewd signing have the audacity to get the hump when his club tells him to take a hike? His sense of entitlement must be bigger than Cristiano Ronaldo’s when there’s a 40-yard free-kick to blast into Row Z.

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Instead of wasting time drafting petty, counterproductive statements, maybe Mr. Sterling should focus on… oh, what’s that thing footballers earning £300k-a-week are supposed to do? Ah yes, playing well .

He hasn’t been mistreated; if anything it’s the other way around. Like Roberto Martinez in international management he’s been stealing a living lately, and Chelsea have every right to sling his hook.

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Blues aren’t brutal

People keep saying Chelsea are being ‘brutal’ by exiling their unwanted stars, but unlike Todd Boehly with literally any player, I’m not buying it.

Sure, their transfer strategy is madder than Jurgen Klopp gets when someone mentions the words “early kick-off”, and yeah, sticking academy graduates in the reserves to force them out is a bit villainous.

But since when have clubs been honour-bound to give their youngsters a forever home? They’re not rescue dogs; they’re multi-millionaires with more privileges than Salt Bae at the World Cup final.

Besides, last time I checked, Conor Gallagher bagged himself a cheap move to a La Liga-challenging side playing Champions League football. How is that brutal when the alternative was twiddling his thumbs on Chelsea’s bench?

Then there’s Armando Broja and Trevoh Chalobah, who a decade ago would’ve been on their sixth-consecutive loan to Vitesse Arnhem, and Ben Chilwell, who’s got the fitness record of a paraplegic.

It’s simple. If you aren’t good enough, you don’t get to keep your job just because you’re trying hard. We can’t all be as lucky as Erik ten Hag.

It’s recruitmental!

I stuck up for Chelsea earlier, but there’s no defending their so-called ‘recruitment plan’ – much like there’s no defending when a winger runs at Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Honestly, how could anyone look at their overstuffed squad and think spending £46m on Joao Felix – whose previous stint at the club gave Meghan Markle a run for her money as one of the worst UK loan spells in recent memory – was sensible?

Plus, they’ve splashed about £80million on five new goalkeepers who wouldn’t get on Manchester City’s bench, let alone in their first team. That’s about as dumb as starting consecutive seasons without a shirt sponso– oh wait a minute.

Smashing six past Wolves won’t paper over the cracks either, because they’re a bigger shambles than Jermaine Jenas’ text history.