Sterling set to decide on his future at City

RAHEEM STERLING is weighing up whether to run down his Manchester City contract so he can have his pick of clubs next summer.

Sterling will be 28 and at the peak of his powers when his current deal expires – and there will be no shortage of takers if a player valued at £60million by City becomes a free agent.

Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea are all interested in taking the England winger back to London as he weighs up his options.

But Sterling harbours an ambition to play on the Continent after winning four Premier League titles, the FA Cup and four League Cups in his seven years at the Etihad.

Talks about a new deal to stay at City have been ongoing for the past year. More negotiations are set for this summer, and Sterling is looking for reassurances about his future role under Pep Guardiola as well as a hike on his current £300,000-a-week wages.

He was rotated regularly by Guardiola last season and still scored 18 goals.

But Sterling started the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Real Madrid on the bench and only influenced the last-day title-clinching win over Aston Villa after coming on as a substitute with City trailing by two goals.

City paid Liverpool £49m for Sterling (above) and Etihad bosses would prefer to cash in this summer rather than lose a stellar player for nothing.

But the final decision rests with Sterling – and with the World Cup on the horizon he may opt to stay put.

City are open to selling Gabriel Jesus for the right price, with the Brazilian also entering the final 12 months of his contract.

Arsenal are big admirers of the striker but feel City’s £50m valuation is excessive.

The Gunners are also monitoring Oleksandr Zinchenko (left), but the Ukrainian’s versatility has been invaluable to City and it would take a big offer to tempt them to sell even if the club’s chase for £40m-rated Brighton left-back

Marc Cucurella is successful.

Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan are two more players who will be out of contract next summer.

Both players have played key roles in City’s success but they will celebrate their 32nd birthdays next season and City would be tempted to cash in on one of them if the right offer came along.