RAHEEM STERLING has agreed to specific terms with Chelsea, and the Blues insist he must complete the transfer before they leave on Saturday for their preseason tour to Los Angeles.
The Stamford Bridge team have focused on managing the Manchester City forward, as SunSport alone revealed last month.
Additionally, Chelsea is negotiating a £50 million deal for the former Liverpool player.
Individual contracts have been agreed upon; Sterling, 27, will end his seven-year tenure at the Etihad this late spring.
Additionally, SunSport is aware that Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, who is primarily responsible for this trade, wants it to be finished so Sterling may go with the group on their 14-day trip to the United States.
The West Londoners are currently on their way to Los Angeles, where they will spend the next seven days stationed on the UCLA campus before taking against Club America of Mexico in Las Vegas.
After that, they take a flight to Charlotte to take on MLS team Charlotte FC, and they finish their trip by playing Arsenal in Orlando.
Under Pep Guardiola, City's catch of Erling Haaland shifts from Sterling excess to needs.
He will also likely replace £97.5 million failure Romelu Lukaku after returning to Inter Milan.
Additionally, Tuchel is scrambling to integrate Sterling into the team as soon as possible in order to signal the start of the Todd Boehly era following his £4.25 billion takeover.
Boehly, an American, is attempting to convince Tuchel to sign Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo to Stamford Bridge at the start of a busy window.
Raphinha, a winger for Leeds United, continues to be a possibility to increase their capacity despite Barcelona's significant interest.
After the takeoffs of Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger, the area of focal protection needs to be strengthened.
Matthijs de Ligt of Juventus has been eyed up, but the Dutch defender is thought to be leaning toward a move to Bayern Munich. Nathan Ake, a former City teammate, has also been mentioned as Chelsea considers bringing him back to the club.