Chelsea will continue to spend cash like Monopoly money regardless of what their critics or supporters think, writes GRAEME SOUNESS Chelsea are digging themselves a hole with their scraphead of unwanted stars By Graeme Souness Published: 17:00, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 17:00, 23 August 2024 e-mail View comments The conversation where Enzo Maresca told Raheem Sterling he was not part of his plans should have taken place long before the first game of the season. It should not have taken place two days before Chelsea 's opening match against Premier League champions Manchester City . Seriously, what reaction did Chelsea expect? 'Thanks very much Mr Manager, of course I'll go quietly.
' Really!? From that moment on there's only one thing in Raheem Sterling's head and that is: what's best for Raheem? Young footballers today have enormous egos, and so they should have to perform in the Premier League. Sterling has taken that message personally. He's played in the pre-season friendlies, and from that he has deduced the coach fancies me and I'm going to be involved this year.
Maresca knows Sterling. And from Day One his new employers would have given him their thoughts on who should stay and who should go at Chelsea. Chelsea were asking for trouble by waiting to tell Raheem Sterling his fate 48 hours before the start of the season What were Chelsea thinking? Did they expect him to react quietly to Enzo Maresca's chat? Sterling does not fit Chelsea's business plan despite being the ne.