Raheem Sterling has joined us on a season-long loan from Chelsea.
The 29-year-old winger arrives at the club having won every domestic honour, including four Premier League titles and five Football League Cups. He has made 379 appearances in the top flight, scoring 123 goals and assisting 63 times.
Raheem began his youth career at QPR before moving to Liverpool’s academy. He went on to establish himself as a first-team player, making his senior debut in 2012 and earning his first England cap the same year. He then moved to Manchester City in 2015, winning all of his Premier League titles during his seven years with the club as well as the EFL Cup five times, the FA Cup and Community Shield, before joining Chelsea in 2022.
Raheem’s individual honours include being named FWA Footballer of the Year in 2018/19, and he was voted into the PFA’s Team of the Year at the end of the same season.
Raheem has been capped 82 times by England – only 16 players have made more appearances for the men’s team – and was a key man for his country as they finished runners-up at Euro 2020.
Everyone at Arsenal welcomes Raheem to the club.
The transfer is subject to the completion of regulatory processes.
Speaking 0n X, Arsenal’s sports director, Edu said, “Well to be fair we never planned really to sign him when we started the transfer window, just to be very transparent. For different reasons. So when that opportunity came to me, and I checked the squad, I checked how he plays, and spoke to Mikel of course. “I spoke to Tim, our vice-chairman, to check if everyone is comfortable for the step we are going to take, and it makes a lot of sense.”
