Chelsea made the surprising decision to declare Raheem Sterling surplus to requirements in the last transfer window, which allowed Arsenal to secure him on loan.
The England international had joined Chelsea from Manchester City as one of the biggest stars in English football, with the club offering him a substantial salary.
Sterling earns around £350,000 a week at Stamford Bridge, with Arsenal paying less than half of that for the duration of his loan.
It’s surprising that Chelsea chose to offload a player on such a high salary, and now Sterling will aim to rediscover his form at Arsenal.
The Gunners secured a great deal from this arrangement. However, financial analyst Stefan Borson believes Chelsea made a significant mistake and should have managed his departure more effectively.
He tells Football Insider:
“Yes, Arsenal has paid £ 6 million, but they also hand the player back with relatively limited resale value next year.
“It’s not a well-managed situation. A player of that cost needed to be handled in a better way.
“It’s a very expensive mistake.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
We got a good deal with the Sterling transfer. We now have a fine professional on loan with no obligation to buy.
If he performs well for us, we could win some trophies, and if he flops, we will send him back.
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As always, it rests upon what he does on the pitch and by that what he does for the team.
Financially, it is a good piece of business on the face of it and will be even better if Sterling does a good job. Equally though, if he doesn’t for whatever reason(s) then even £6m won’t look such a good deal by next May. He hasn’t kicked a ball yet for Arsenal, so we’ll just have to wait and see.
At that price if nothing else he can sit on the bench and fill-in with his quality when needed and still be a steal.
in terms of cost £6m translates to Arsenal paying a salary of about £115k p/week for Sterling, with transfer fee or obligation
on the same day Nelson reportedly on £100k p/week leaves Arsenals wage bill on loan
so net net more or less a rounding error in football finance terms
but in football quality terms Sterling is a stonking upgrade on Nelson for more or less nothing
that is why Sterling was an opportunistic bargain on deadline day Edu/Arteta could not refuse, and nothing to do with choosing Sterling over Gyokeres like previous nonsense article suggested