Official! Sterling to join club Mourinho ousted from Champions League | OneFootball

Raheem Sterling – player who was linked with Benfica – will continue his career at Feyenoord, under the management of Robin Van Persie, having signed until the end of the season. It should be remembered that the Rotterdam club was eliminated from the Champions League in the third qualifying round after losing to José Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe (6-4 on aggregate).

"Naturally, it is a fantastic achievement that we managed to convince a player of Raheem’s caliber to sign with us. His football résumé speaks for itself: he is a player whose qualities can, without a doubt, change the outcome of a match, and I am convinced he will be a valuable addition to the team as we work towards our goals in the second half of the season," commented Van Persie to Feyenoord’s media outlets.

It should be noted that Chelsea paid 56 million euros for Sterling’s transfer in 2022. In the following two years, the forward had four coaches – Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard, and Mauricio Pochettino – played 81 matches and scored 19 goals. But with the arrival of the 2024/25 season, Enzo Maresca made it clear that the English winger was not part of his plans.

Last season, the footballer was loaned by Chelsea to rivals Arsenal and recorded one goal and five assists in 28 matches. The Englishman’s last official match was on May 25, 2025, in the Gunners’ victory over Southampton in the Premier League.

At 31 years old, Raheem Sterling, who has played for Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal, now embarks on a new experience, his first outside England. Feyenoord is in second place in the Eredivisie, with 42 points, 17 behind leaders PSV.

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