Chelsea are on the verge of competed the signing of Raheem Sterling from Manchester city this summer, while Arsenal have already signed Gabriel Jesus in the 2022 summer transfer window....CONTINUE READING
Both players will be playing in the premier league next season, but they won’t be playing the same team anymore. However, let’s take a look at both players statistics since January 2017, which is the year that Gabriel Jesus made his Manchester city debut.
Raheem Sterling is currently two years older than Gabriel Jesus and has played 29 games more than the Brazilian forward since January 2017. Sterling has started 217 games since Gabriel Jesus made his debut for Manchester city, while the Brazilian forward only started 151 games in his Manchester city career.
Gabriel scored 95 goals for Manchester city since 2017, while Sterling scored over 100 goals in the same time duration. Despite the fact that Raheem Sterling scored more goals than Gabriel Jesus, it is the Brazilian forward who had a better average goals per 90 minutes.
However, Sterling also have 16 assists more than Gabriel Jesus in the same time duration. This shows that The England winger is more of a playmaker than Gabriel Jesus.
The newly recruited Arsenal player created 230 chances in his Manchester city career, while Raheem Sterling created 403 chances since January 2017. In the Statistics, it is obvious that Raheem sterling is a better assets to Manchester city than Gabriel.
However, Raheem Sterling has falling down the pecking order as players like Phil Foden or Jack Grealish starts game ahead of him. This explains why he wanted to move away from the club this summer.
If he signs for Chelsea this summer, he could make Chelsea’s attacking line more dangerous. How many goals do you think Gabriel Jesus will score in his first season at Arsenal?
