“My father, fisherman, has a difficult life, not you!”

Sterling, 30, never played under the command of Enzo Maresca. Last season was borrowed to Arsenal, but he was not able to amount to the standards required by Mikel Arteta, and in the summer, returned to Stamford Bridge, did not understand with the club on the breaking of the contract due in 2027 and the Italian manager in the lot.

Raheem Sterling posted a photo taken before a night training

Asked about his situation, Maresca said that he did not see him and Axel disasi: “He trains on another land, from another hour.” Statements to which Sterling replied by posting on Instagram a photo from the preparation base, with the open night. On the picture he also wrote the time at which he had been made: 20:21.

Raheem Sterling posted a photo from a night / photo workout: Instagram

But Maresca has no understanding for the attitude of the former English international: “My father is 75 years old and 50 years old is a fisherman. He goes out at the same time and returns at ten o'clock. That's a hard life. Not for players.”

Sterling earns 300,000 pounds a week, about 345,000 euros. It's the best paid in the lot – according to the Daily Mail tabloid. Disasi (27 years), on the other hand, receives about one third of his teammate's salary and has a contract until 2029.

Enzo Maresca: “I was also in the situation of Raheem Sterling and Axel Assisi. Any club proceeds”

Maresca: “I was in the situation of Raheem and Axel as a player and I certainly know that it is not the best feeling for a footballer. If you are a player, it means you want to train and play matches. But the situation is this.

All I can tell you is that the club gives them the opportunity to work under ok conditions. I know it is something you like and you want to talk about, but it is not just Chelsea, any club in the world is doing the same. Sterling's last match for the blues dates from May 2024, under the leadership of former Mauricio Pochettino manager.