{"id":597931,"date":"2021-08-02T14:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=597931"},"modified":"2021-08-02T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:59:21","slug":"dujon-sterling-chelsea-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/02\/dujon-sterling-chelsea-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Dujon Sterling in Talks Over New Chelsea Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/02\/romelu-lukaku-tops-chelsea-targets\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> youngster Dujon Sterling is in talks over a new contract at the club, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/transfer-centre\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>&#8216; Lyall Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is in the final year of his current deal and wants to stay at the club and fight for a place in the first team.<\/p>\n<h2>Dujon Sterling and Chelsea in Contract Talks<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChelseaFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ChelseaFC<\/a> youngster Dujon Sterling in talks over a new contract. Player wants to stay but keen to hear plans for his football, which may include a loan away this season <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/OzHTtF6aQx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lyall Thomas (@SkySportsLyall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsLyall\/status\/1422225926100852745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Sterling Aiming to Break into Tuchel&#8217;s Plans<\/h3>\n<p>Sterling&#8217;s ultimate goal for this new contract is to break into Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s plans for the Blues&#8217; first team.<\/p>\n<p>There is an acceptance that a loan spell away from the club may need to come first, but the youngster has impressed in pre-season so far.<\/p>\n<p>He spent the end of last season injured but has had two spells away from Chelsea earlier in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling spent the 2018\/19 season with Coventry City, making 38 appearances as the Sky Blues finished eighth in League One.<\/p>\n<p>He was then at Wigan Athletic the season after, making eight appearances as the Latics suffered relegation from the Championship due to a points deduction.<\/p>\n<p>Sky report that both the player and the club are confident that a new deal can be agreed and that Chelsea do see a future for Sterling at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have shifted a few young players in this transfer window, the most recent being Tino Livramento&#8217;s move to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/02\/southampton-tino-livramento-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dynel Simeu, Myles Peart-Harris and Pierre Ekwah Elimby have also left the club, for Southampton, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/02\/brentford-hamburg-josha-vagnoman\/\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/29\/alphonse-areola-west-ham-united\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United<\/a> respectively, but Sterling is not among the group of players the Blues are looking to move on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"vR1g6I7CTupVbojR-Ut-zw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1155027423\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vR1g6I7CTupVbojR-Ut-zw',sig:'F6xHyVjJM70W-MVGqNmnDt3N8BXqmfdDGEmt0k0Ch38=',w:'594px',h:'383px',items:'1155027423',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea youngster Dujon Sterling is in talks over a new contract at the club, according to Sky Sports&#8216; Lyall Thomas. 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