Raheem Sterling REUNITING with Mikel Arteta at Arsenal 😳 'But he's not the same player anymore' 👀

when I told you that Raheem Sterling could be on his way to Arsenal nobody could believe it told and I told you get back to me when he's at Arsenal okay but you know the more you think about it right to be honest uh yesterday was like no surely not but aeta I think there was a I believe it was a crossover at Man City between the two of them so it was so he does know him uh and oh there you go this is what he said to say say about him my time with Raheem was exceptional we built a really strong relationship together he was unbelievable at that time he taught me a lot as well about individuals how the players think how we support them he's someone I have really strong feelings about yeah but he's not the same player that were ineta was at uh Manchester City so there is that inconsistency and then there is a big problem with risk now if this deal goes through in 28 minutes or whatever it is uh then you got to feel that Arsenal have mitigated a lot of the risk through the salary uh because the salary is on now Arsenal don't want to take that on over a longer period so I I would sort of swing around from yesterday in a sense that he would give some cover to Baya Saka who plays and has played a lot of football uh obviously we talked yesterday about Trad Martinelli the other side trossard covers a few positions Smith row has gone now uh so maybe he's looking for a bit cover but it has to be the right deal for Arsenal not one of these last minute gungho heading The Heading the crap deals that they they put themselves in years ago and left themselves with a lot of big earners this has to work for Arsenal and let's see if they're able to get that done but primarily because of what aeta statement says there clearly he feels that he's got a part to play possibly in helping this squad he won't start but he could help the squad well Mark Ogden and yanaga fot are joining us now Mark Ogden has been keeping a very close eye on those transfer dealings it's said to be very close Mark what more can you tell us about this Raheem Sterling to Arsenal situation yeah I'm just looking at the clock now so there's 28 minutes the deadline and what I was told maybe 10 minutes ago is that the clubs have agreed a deal and it's now with Raheem Sterling's lawyers to just just fin tune the agreement so as long as they don't find anything to worry about in the next 25 30 minutes I think the deal is going to get done so it is very close to the wire but there's a confidence now that it's going to get done although the caveat with the Sterling Camp is that it's not done yet but they are really trying to get over the line so it's just it's just with the lawyers now it's just with the the contracts and just making sure everything Stacks up so is this is this are we talking loan deal or are we talking permanent here Orie it's a long deal initially Craig and with an expect an expectation at the end of the season it will be become a permanent deal so he's got three years left in his contract at Chelsea and obviously he signed I think was about 50 million pound two years ago so with amortization at the end of the at the end of the season I don't think the deal would cost Arsenal too much I think you're probably looking at around 20 million pound I think that's what it would be worth at the time so I guess if Sterling has a good season 20 million pound for a play of his experience is a good deal but initially it's loone and what I was told early in the week was that he's on a massive contact at Chelsea 300,000 a week Chelsea just to get him out the door would probably go to halfway covering that so if that's the case if they're covering half his wages and Arsenal getting this guy for 150 Grand a week that is that is good is good business for Arsenal for a player that has got a lot of pedigree a lot of he's won he's won everything apart from the champions league and he knows Mel aretta so I think all around it's a good deal if you can get it over the line it was still Advantage Manchester City when you looked at their bench and there's no way your starting 11 will go the whole season so you will see you you have a look who you need there he's an intelligent player he will know his position he will know where where he goes and maybe this is exactly what STL needs as well to get a manager that believes in him and give him a fresh start it's another former Manchester City player for michar T Shaka coming into Arsenal obviously Gabriel Jus sinenko Rahim Sterling there's another those two never yeah I I I have to say I I don't get this I I I really don't um listen I I understand Arsenal one bodies want to to to Mark term uh pedigree and and and they find that in in rahee Sterling but stilling has done nothing in the last two years that suggests he makes Arsenal any better even as a squad player and so if we're here talking about maybe a 20 million pound package or 150 Grand a week for a player who's there to cover sacka to give him a rest um to to maybe add some experience to a dressing room I I find that a lot of money to pay for a player who who doesn't make it better I I I'm I I I just don't see I I don't see the value in this um listen great may maybe it's it's exactly what Rim stealing doesn't and he goes in and proves me totally wrong but as we sit here um I I'm I'm not sure what we hanging our hat on in terms of these numbers well I I know what you I know what you mean but when City have to rest players and they are they are the the you know that's the team that the others are aspiring to and Arsenal have got close the last couple of years but when City need to rest players and and in the modern day you just can't these Seasons now with 14 players he just just just it's not going to happen uh they bring in maybe not equally as good but they bring in quality and they've lost one of those in julan Alvarez but when Gish was out of form it was Dau who was 60 million is a young guy I know that but coming in when uh for was out of form it was Alvarez coming in Bernardo s the list goes on and Arsenal certainly didn't have that on the right hand side be if you can't give buaya Saka and Martin odard in particular rest during the domestic season of 38 games you're probably not going to win the league and so I don't think it's an ideal scenario but I think it's the best case scenario for Arsenal and and aleta's eyes if the risk is mitigated with Chelsea paying the bulk of the salary but he's still going to have to come in and do a job but ultimately you're paying money to have experience bit of quality bit of pace bit of uh no on the bench that can come in and cover key players and Arsenal have learned the hard way in the last 18 months or so that you cannot win this league unless you can do that which which which I I agree with but then to to your earlier Point Craig it just feels like Arsenal have found themselves drinking in in L Chan Saloon that the transfer window is closing let's let's freely assume that Mikel Aleta looked high and low for a Jeremy doku type player you mentioned Jeremy doku wasn't able to find that young player who can come in and have an impact and so now with 22 minutes left in the transfer window um we're trying to trying to get this Raheem steing deal over the line which again you you brought it up it just feels like Arsenal at the last minute trying to plug holes that that in in in an act of what feels like desperation to me Mark hden signing from Manchester United tell us more so this one's been it's probably been done 95% done for the last two days but United had to get scotet tomin out of the door to Napoli before they could do augat so that tominator Napoli was completed about two hours ago that freed up the money for United to complete a deal for agarte they had the money but it was obviously part of PSR rules they had to make sure everything balanced so United got agarte from PSG he's only been there a year but he's he's a proper defensive midfielder he's a young defensive midfielder tenacity you know box to boox in terms of he can cover the ground and I think is what United haven't had for a long time they've had Momin can cover the ground but he's not quite got the I guess the football n that ugat has got so this is a really big signing for United because they've really lacked somebody to kind of anchor the Midfield playing front of the defense be a partner for kobby Mayu f as casemiro out of the team I guess so this is a big deal for United but because it's happened so late on Deadline day he won't be eligible for the squad for the weekending against Liverpool so it's going to be after the international break when he he makes his debut for United and where's Jaden Sancho going to be this coming season Mark what we on now 10 minutes to go united and Chelsea have agreed a loan deal so it's about getting that over the line we've got 10 minutes to go and I'm just looking at the clock thinking maybe maybe not but United Chelsea agreed alone alone with an obligation to buy now I just cannot get me head around this deal it's a brilliant deal for Man United they've got get jadden Sancho off the boxs a player that has clearly got no future onit and hag but listen Maybe the guys can I'm sure Craig got an opinion on it why did Chelsea need another forward letting one go Raheem Sterling but why do they need the ninth forward a guy that never plays doesn't hasn't kicked on at man united for 3 years it's the strangest deal of the window for me this if it gets done which you probably will do would it be so strange yeah yeah another one that they had was available and thought yeah we could do we we we're lacking numbers it's like let's I tell you what we'll do actually and I go back to uh so they sign Pedro Netto the sign J Felix jury Hall is going to be a bit part player by the looks of it uh and then all the rest of them uh you know to give them a credit they were really good against wolves and J fixs come off the bench and scored a very good goal right they were excellent however they had a good blueprint over the last few years of the inconsistencies of Ja Felix from his time at Atletico Madrid from his time at Barcelona and darare say it on their own doorstep from his lone spell at Chelsea so they went out there and they they they've spent quite a lot of money on a very incons consistent player who was once uh deemed to be a superstar now it looks like if they get this deal uh through with a few minutes to go they're just bringing in another player in a position where they've got plenty of players for and guess what another inconsistent player very inconsistent he had a little spell on loan at Bia at Dortmund last year when they got to the Champions League final when he he he did okay to be fair to him but is there anybody and maybe the guys disagree is there anybody think that Jaden Sancho is going to go to Chelsea and all of a sudden become this young man that was actually looking very good at brua Dortmund it just doesn't it doesn't make sense particularly bringing these players in when your key position I don't want to go over all ground here I'm not going to mention his name but can but when the key position that they had to fill this year really was the striking position go on just say it go on see it say mention it nich Jackson I feel as though Yan gatov May disagree with some of what Craig was saying there about Jaden Sancho uh I would sometime ago because I follow this player very closely when he was at Dortmund I saw him nearly every game when he played with with harand he they were fantastic together but I'm with Craig with with this one I have no clue what what's going on the the thing is that sometimes when Arsenal is doing Sterling you you think they have a process and they decide to do it but when you look at Chelsea at the moment you you try to be the Devil's Advocate you have to have a look maybe they're thinking so and so what's the philosophy yeah maybe they do this but it's actually impossible to understand the strategy of of uh of Chelsea Football Club it's like it's like we were sitting here and thinking what could they do now to make us even more confused yeah let's take another forward another Winger who is exactly the same as we have let's not go for a striker let's get him I mean maybe sometimes in the future there will be a book telling us that there was something business going on that they had to do this and Manchester United and Chelsea had to agree on this and this was for the the longer good what do I know but yes okay you know I love Sancho and I was was he was one of my favorite players but I I can't see any strategy behind this [Music]