Former Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has voiced concern over Raheem Sterling’s drop in type this season.
Sterling moved from Manchester Metropolis final summer season for a whopping £47 million charge.
However the England ahead has up to now struggled to take care of his finest type in his 18 months with the Blues.
Sterling scored solely six objectives within the League final season.
Though he has already equalled that tally, he has failed to provide the identical degree of efficiency that made him a feared attacker whereas he performed with Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool.
In Chelsea’s latest Carabao Cup remaining, Sterling did not make a lot impression and was taken off within the 67th minute for Christopher Nkunku.
Obi Mikel, talking on the Obi One Podcast, acknowledged that Sterling was a ‘shadow of himself’ this season and criticized him for transferring away from the low middle of gravity, making him a straightforward participant to move.
“I believe he’s miles off it to be trustworthy at this level,” Obi Mikel stated on the Obi One Podcast.
“He’s not the participant that we noticed at Manchester Metropolis or the participant that we had been used to watching. A low centre of gravity, a participant a bit like [Eden] Hazard.”
