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By IAN HERBERT, DEPUTY CHIEF SPORTS WRITER and SIMON JONES Published: 06: 08 AEDT, 30 January 2026 | Updated: 07: 43 AEDT, 30 January 2026 54 View comments Tottenham Hotspur are one of number of clubs weighing up the availability of Raheem Sterling as a free agent, Daily Mail Sport can reveal. The 31-year-old, who left Chelsea by mutual agreement on Wednesday, is ready to play for less than a third of the salary he was earning at Stamford Bridge and wants to get straight back into the game. Sterling’s lack of match-fitness could ultimately put off Spurs, who have been left in need of forwards because of injuries to Richarlison and Dominic Solanke and the poor form of Randal Kolo Muani and Mathys Tel. It could be at least a month before Sterling is match-ready, having not started a Premier League game since playing for Arsenal against Southampton, 250 days ago. Tottenham are among the clubs considering whether to make an offer with Raheem Sterling Sterling has represented two of Tottenham's main rivals in Arsenal and Chelsea Among the other clubs considering an approach for Sterling are Napoli, who are also in need of strikers, and Juventus. Napoli were interested in taking Sterling on loan last summer but the proportion of his £325, 000-a-week wages that Chelsea were demanding they pay put the Italians off. Sterling will no longer be expecting a six-figure weekly salary. Napoli would offer the opportunity for him to reunite with Kevin be Bruyne, who he was close to at Manchester City.
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