Raheem Sterling feels he is “mature” enough to dismiss the distractions of London in order to help Chelsea land silverware.
The £47.5million forward, signed from Manchester City last week, made his debut in Wednesday night’s shootout defeat to FC Charlotte after his team were held to a draw. He then explained what returning to London, 12 years after leaving Queens Park Rangers as a raw teenager - with a three-year spell at Liverpool along the way - means to him.
"Coming back to London is a surreal feeling,” he said. “When I went up north I never used to come down that much. My family came up to help me to focus.
