The Blues are set to confirm the arrival of Raheem Sterling in a £47million deal, but former Premier League star Gabi Agbonlahor believes this should be just the start. Sterling is almost a Chelsea player The English forward will bolster their weak attack, which has lost Romelu Lukaku. But the entire Chelsea squad, now owned by Todd Boehly, has also been weakened with Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen joining Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively. And Agbonlahor feels, even with talks of new transfers with Boehly in Barcelona earlier this week for negotiations, it may be difficult for them to challenge for the title. “[Sterling] it will help them bridge the gap,” he told talkSPORT. “What was that, [19 points] behind Manchester City? This is a big gap. “They have lost Rudiger, who, for me, was one of the best defenders in the Premier League last season, they have to fill that void. “There is talk of De Ligt coming in, but that hasn’t happened yet. AFP Boeli is looking for waves in the transfer market for Chelsea Getty Sterling won a total of nine major trophies at City and will now return to west London, where he grew up

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“Lukaku has left. For me they probably need another striker because Werner is hot and cold. Pulisic and Žižek look like they are going to leave. “Sterling will make them better but, for me, they still need three or four top players to get close to Liverpool or Manchester City. Chelsea are currently in the hunt to sign Raphinha, Nathan Ake, Sergino Dest, Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt, but progress is slow at the moment, mainly because Barcelona have a stake in some of those deals. Rafinha wants a move to Barcelona but could end up at Chelsea The Spanish club are Rafinha’s preferred destination, but no offer has yet been accepted for the player. They also want Blues stars Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, complicating moves for Dest and De Jong, with the latter also linked with Manchester United.

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