The 27 year old England and Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling is in talks to join North London club Arsenal, the former Liverpool winger has struggled to get into the Manchester City team this year and could be a real asset to the Gunners as they are on the verge of qualifying of the Champions League for next season.
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🚨 Arsenal are interested in signing Raheem Sterling from Manchester City this summer. His current contract runs out in 2023 so he could be available. 🏴
[Source: @TeleFootball] pic.twitter.com/oobRykfuP5
— Transfer HQ (@Transfer__HQ) May 10, 2022
Arsenal are set to explore the option of signing Manchester City and England forward Raheem Sterling. (Telegraph) pic.twitter.com/DqkEq7wKdq
— Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) May 10, 2022
Arsenal ready to explore deal to sign Raheem Sterling from Manchester City this summer | @mcgrathmike https://t.co/JsXnv4HW5w
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) May 9, 2022
If this deal goes through it will be a massive plus for Mikel Arteta and his men as next season they will hope to push on even more and not to be happy with settling for just the top four. Sterling is also a Londoner so surely this would make perfect sense.