Raheem Sterling has started a new chapter at Chelsea — and the Blues are banking on him hitting the goal trail.
The England star arrives in West London with plenty of pedigree, having won 10 major honours in seven seasons at Manchester City, scoring 131 times in the process.
Supporters at Stamford Bridge will hope that Sterling fares better than their last high-profile attacking addition, with Romelu Lukaku failing to justify his £97.5million price tag before being loaned back to Inter Milan last month.
As Chelsea continue their pre-season preparations in the USA, we take a look at what Thomas Tuchel's new signing will add to the club.
Goals galore
Sterling's 13 Premier League strikes may have only been enough to see him rank 10th in the Golden Boot race last season — but he played just 2,127 minutes of a possible 3,420.
Additionally, the ex-Citizens forward can count himself unfortunate to be on the wrong end of some exceptional goalkeeping.
Only Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son registered a higher expected goals on target value than his 14.69.
The 27-year-old's outstanding movement into dangerous areas is what makes him such a threat.
He was on the receiving end of 25 big chances last term — scoring 12 of those — and even managed the joint-fourth highest number of headed goals (three) in the competition despite standing at just 5ft 7in.
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