Raheem Sterling is jetting out to join his new Chelsea team-mates as Thomas Tuchel steps up his bid to land Kalidou Koulibaly.
Mirror Sport revealed on June 29 that the Blues want to replace Antonio Rudiger with the 31-year-old Napoli defender, whose contract expires in 12 months. Tuchel is now set to make decisive strikes for a string of players to reinforce his squad ahead of the new season.
An announcement from Chelsea confirming Sterling’s capture is expected within the next 24 hours. He will not play in Saturday’s game in Las Vegas against Club America but he could feature in the Blues games in Charlotte next Wednesday or against Arsenal on Saturday week in Orlando.