STAT PACK: Sterling joins Manchester City - what does £49m buy these days?

The 20-year-old has become the most expensive English footballer of all time, so Goal looks at the numbers behind the player's rise to prominence

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Raheem Sterling has sealed his £49 million (€70m) move to Manchester City following an acrimonious PR war with Liverpool.

The 20-year-old has become the most expensive English footballer of all time but just how good is he?

In his breakout season, in 2013-14, he was a key part of the Liverpool team which went so very close to winning the Premier League, and now joins a club expected to win the title every year.

Last year was not quite as productive for Sterling, though. With Daniel Sturridge missing most of the campaign through injury and Luis Suarez enjoying life at Barcelona, Sterling was left to toil on his own.

Seasonal Stats

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General 

35 Games Played

3050 Minutes Played

34 Starts

9 Sub Off

Defence 

13 Clearances	2 Blocks	17 Interceptions
37 Tackles 30 Tackles Won	500 Duels 239 Duels Won	30 Aerial duels 5 Aerial Duels Won

Distribution 

		81.1 Passing Accuracy % 33.4 Passes Per 90 MinsP
Pass Direction %			Passing Accuracy By Area %
81 Total Open Play Crosses 18 Succ. Crosses			7 Assists 75 Chances Created

Attack 

62 ■ Total Shots (exc. blocked shots) 33 ■ Shots On Target 7 ■ Goals Scored			11.3 Conversion Rate (%) 435.7 Mins Per Goal
2 Left Foot Goals	5 Right Foot Goals	0 Goals outside box 0 Set Pieces
0 Headed Goals	0 Other

Discipline 

94 Fouls Won 45 Fouls Conceded

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Player Stats — Raheem Sterling

• General

  Games Played

  35

  Minutes Played

  3,050

  Starts

  34

  Interceptions

  17

  Substitution On

  1

  Substitution Off

  9

  Duels Won

  47.8%

  47.8%

  Aerial duels won

  16.7%

  16.7%

• Attack

  Goals

  7

  Total Shots (exc. blocked shots)

  62

  Shots On Target

  33

  Minutes Per Goal

  435.71

  Goals from Inside the Box

  7

  Goals from Outside the Box

  0

  Goals with

  Goals withRight foot goals

  5

  Goals withLeft foot goals

  2

  Goals withHeaded Goals

  0

  Goals withOther

  0

  Conversion Rate (%)

  11%

  11%

• Defence

  Total Tackles

  37

  Tackles Won

  81%

  81%

  Clearances

  13

  Blocks

  3

• Distribution

  Total Passes

  1,133

  % of Passes Long

  5

  Passing Accuracy

  81%

  81%

  Passes per 90 minutes

  33.43

  Total Crosses

  81

  Successful crosses

  22%

  22%

  Chances Created

  75

  Assists

  7

• Discipline

  Fouls Won

  94

  Yellow Cards

  5

  Fouls Conceded

  45

  Red Cards

  0

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