He then added: “As a player you always want to do your best and help your team, but when you don’t think things are going fairly, it’s always a disappointment. “A lot of things came into play, a lot of reasons, but I wasn’t complaining, I was ready to challenge and, as you can see, even with some of the performances I put in, you couldn’t guarantee yourself a place so it just didn’t make sense to fight a battle you can never win…” It was a shame to see how it ended in the end because I had such a great time there. “Misunderstandings, contracts running down.

“At the time I was fuming, raging, but it’s gone, it’s in the past and I can only focus on the present, which is now, here at Chelsea, and the opportunity I’ve got here to go out and showcase my talents once again… Raheem Sterling says he feels no resent towards Manchester City but admits that he was ‘raging’ with anger at the time.

🗣 “I couldn’t be in a more happier place now.” “When you play your heart out, sacrifice some of your kids’ birthdays, and then get treated in a certain way, it’s disappointing. “Everyone wants to feel wanted, football is no different,” he explained.

Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Leeds United on Sunday afternoon, Sterling however did admit that he was unhappy with how his exit from City played out. “At the time I was fuming, raging, but it’s gone, it’s in the past and I can only focus on the present…”

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