Sterling says Kovacic is who he was most excited to join at Blues

‘He was doing some serious stuff against us’: Raheem Sterling reveals Mateo Kovacic was the player he was most looking forward to linking up with when he joined Chelsea… as he also hails his England teammate and ‘busy one’ Mason Mount

  • Raheem Sterling joined Chelsea from Manchester City for £49m in the summer
  • He revealed Mateo Kovacic was who he most looking forward to playing with 
  • Sterling was also full of praise for his England teammate Mason Mount

Raheem Sterling has revealed that Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic was the player he was most excited to link up with when he moved from Man City to the Blues in the summer.

The forward arrived at Stamford Bridge for a £49m fee after a glittering seven-year spell with City that saw him win 12 trophies, including four Premier League titles in the past five seasons.

In total he scored 131 goals and added 95 assists in 331 games for the club after joining from Liverpool in 2015

Raheem Sterling has revealed that Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic was the player he was most excited to link up with when he moved from Man City to the Blues in the summer

Sterling has had a mixed spell since arriving in west London, netting five times in 17 games, although he has been a key man – featuring in all but one of Chelsea’s 18 games so far.

And, speaking ahead of Sunday’s crunch London derby with Arsenal, Sterling spoke about the new teammates he was joining in the summer after his move.

When questioned on who he was most looking forward to playing with, the England star singled out two particular players.

‘Kovacic to be fair (is who I was most looking forward to linking up with at the club),’ he told BT Sport. ‘When we used to play him for City I used to think “Oh my good gosh” – I’m not going to lie. 

Sterling arrived at Stamford Bridge for a £49m fee after seven trophy-laden years with City

The England forward revealed he was always impressed with Kovacic when an opponent

‘Of course I always used to love to play with Mason (Mount) for England as well.

‘Because he’s just just a little busy one. He’s just always getting on the ball. But yeah them two. 

‘Kova(cic) for sure because there was a couple of times (when I was at City) when he was doing some serious stuff against us.’

Chelsea go into the Sunday lunchtime clash already 10 points behind Mikel Arteta’s side and need to win to keep pace with their London rivals.

They will hope to have Kovacic back after the Croatian midfielder missed Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb through injury. 




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