RAHEEM STERLING will make his Chelsea debut within the early hours of Thursday morning in a pre-season pleasant versus Charlotte FC.
The 27-year-old accomplished his transfer from Manchester Metropolis in a five-year-deal value as much as £50million final week after flying into LA after finishing his medical in London.
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He has been coaching along with his new teammates since, watching from the sidelines because the Blues beat Membership America 2-1 in Las Vegas.
And now, Sterling will don a Chelsea equipment for the primary time when he faces the MLS facet Charlotte in a match that begins simply after midnight, UK time, on Wednesday.
On enjoying Sterling, supervisor Thomas Tuchel mentioned: “Raheem is totally able to go. He shall be on the pitch.
“I’m glad about that and he’s excited to play his first match.”
Fellow new signing Kalidou Koulibaly is unlikely to function having arrived in Las Vegas on Friday evening following his £35m change from Napoli.
Nonetheless, Tuchel admits to being torn over whether or not to present him some minutes but.
The German coach added: “I’ve to talk to him to be sincere about what we do.
“He has performed some coaching periods with us however he’s nonetheless in a really particular person programme.
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“He trains with the group however in fact as you’ll be able to think about there are gamers who’re of their third week of preparation and at a very totally different stage of basis bodily.
“That isn’t a great match for him to straight begin. I don’t wish to rule it out fully however it is extremely seemingly that he won’t play, we won’t see him on the pitch.”
Maybe the Senegalese defender will function within the remaining video games of Chelsea pre-season tour in opposition to Arsenal and Udinese.
The membership shall be eager for him to get some motion beneath his belt earlier than their Premier League season opener away at Everton.
A SunSport unique revealed Koulibaly might have competitors for locations with Chelsea agreeing a deal for Sevilla’s Jules Kounde.
