Chelsea debate forces furious ex-player Jason Cundy to go on radio show and make Roy Keane comparison
The debate surrounding Raheem Sterling's treatment at Chelsea has been raging all week.
talkSPORT presenter and former Blues defender, Jason Cundy He was forced to sneak into another show after being outraged by what he heard.
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Chelsea They have been under heavy criticism all summer for their baffling transfer strategy.
They have signed 10 players, increasing their squad to mind-boggling levels. At one point, they had 56 senior players in its ranks.
Particular attention has been paid to the way in which several established players have been forced to leave the club.
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Conor Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja and Romelu Lukaku were Immediately exiled by Enzo Maresca.
But now Sterling and Ben Chilwell have been told they are surplus to requirements and Banished from all first team activities.
Sterling, who Chelsea signed from Manchester City for £47.5m two years ago, was even… stripped of his squadron numberwhich was given to Pedro Neto.
“I'm furious,” said Jason Cundy as he snuck into the Kick Off alongside Hugh Woozencroft and Flex.
Woozencroft joked: “I've been approached in my own workplace. I'm going to HR tomorrow.”
Cundy continued: “I was listening there, great show by the way, fascinating listening. But listening to you talk about the way the Raheem Sterling is being treated.
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“The shock of football… a player being mistreated so that he is thrown out of the club. The only club that does that. Let me tell you, I have been done that on more than one occasion.
“Jamie O'Hara has had to put up with it, it's football. On a human level, I feel sorry for Raheem, I feel sorry for Conor and I feel sorry for Chalobah. On a human level.
“But this is football. These players are paid hundreds of thousands of pounds a week and sometimes your face doesn't match up.
“It's not that it's right, but it's not breaking news.
“Manchester United in the way they treated Roy Keane When he left. This has been going on for decades.
“What happens when managers get fired? Where is that outpouring of grief when managers get fired? You never hear that.”
“The way you two behaved, I laughed thinking I had to say something.”
Chelsea signings under Todd Boehly
Moisés Caicedo – August 2023 – Brighton – £115m
Enzo Fernandez – January 2023 – Benfica – £106.8m
Mykhailo Mudryk – January 2023 – Shakhtar Donetsk – £89 million
Wesley Fofana – August 2022 – Leicester – £70 million
Marc Cucurella – August 2022 – Brighton – £62m
Romeo Lavia – August 2023 – Southampton – £58 million
Pedro Neto – August 2024 – Wolves – £54 million
Christopher Nkunku – June 2023 – RB Leipzig – £52m
Raheem Sterling – July 2022 – Manchester City – £47.5m
Joao Felix – August 2024 – Atletico Madrid – £46.3m
Cole Palmer – August 2023 – Manchester City – £40m
Axel Disasi – August 2023 – Monaco – £38.8m
Kalidou Koulibaly – July 2022 – Napoli – £33m
Benoit Badiashile – January 2023 – Monaco – £34m
Nicolas Jackson – June 2023 – Villarreal – £32m
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – July 2023 – Leicester – £30m
Noni Madueke – January 2023 – PSV Eindhoven – £29m
Bad Taste – January 2023 – Lyon – £26.3m
Robert Sanchez – August 2023 – Brighton – £25 million
Lesley Ugochukwu – August 2023 – Rennes – £23.1m
Filip Jorgensen – July 2024 – Villarreal – £20.7m
Carney Chukwuemeka – August 2022 – Aston Villa – £20 million
Omari Kellyman – July 2024 – Aston Villa – £19m
Andrey Santos – January 2023 – Vasca da Gama – £18m
Devid Washington – August 2023 – Santos – £17.2m
Aaron Anselmino – July 2024 – Boca Juniors – £17 million
Djorde Petrovic – August 2023 – New England Revolution – £13.6m
Angelo – July 2023 – Santos – £12.9m
Cesare Casadei – August 2022 – Inter Milan – £12.6m
Renato Veiga – July 2024 – Basel – £12m
Gabriel Slonina – August 2022 – Chicago Fire – £12 million
David Datro Fofana – January 2023 – Molde – £10.6m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – September 2022 – Barcelona – £10.3m
Caleb Wiley – July 2024 – Atlanta United – £8.5m
Marc Guiu – July 2024 – Barcelona – £5m
Tosin Adarabioyo – July 2024 – Fulham – free
When Cundy was told that Chelsea had disrespected Sterling by removing his shirt number, he said: “They're not disrespecting him. They're saying 'Raheem, go now'.”
“It's like saying you want to keep your £1.4m-a-month salary, that's fine, but your career is going to stagnate. It's brutal.
“On a human level, I feel sorry for them.”
He added: “I can speak from personal experience, it has happened to me and I have seen it happen to other people. This continues.
“I'm not defending him. What I'm saying is that it's football.”
Sterling still has three years left on his Chelsea contract, which amounts to £325,000 a week, meaning the Blues owe him more than £43m.
talkSPORT understands that Sterling is not keen on a move to Saudi Arabia.
Juventus are interested in the former Liverpool and Manchester City star, who is still seeking a return to the England squad after missing out on the European Championship.
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