Huge asset: Tuchel hails Chelsea latest signing

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has hailed the club’s latest signing and England international Raheem Sterling as he said he is an asset to his squad.

Sterling signed a five-year contract from Manchester City with the Blues on Wednesday.

The reports revealed the deal to be worth up to 50 million.

The England international is Chelsea’s first signing under their new owner Todd Boehly, who took over from Russian Roman Abramovich at the end of May.

“He will be a huge asset for us,” Tuchel told the BBC on Thursday.

“Hopefully he shapes our team by just being who he is.

“For me, he is a huge player, with a huge influence in the last years in English football and he’s in a perfect age to now take responsibility around young players that we have and be an example.”

Chelsea are now in the race to complete moves for new defenders as they hope to sign replacement for Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, who joined Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively this summer.