Chelsea Fan Shocked After Buying Shirt With ‘Sterling - Pre Order’ On The Back

Mason posted a picture of the shirt on Twitter and said: “I bought the new kit just after we signed sterling, there were all the squad numbers and names and the Sterling options said ‘STERLING - PRE ORDER’ which I did, and they’ve gone and f***ing given me this.” 

Since the tweet was posted, it has gathered a lot of attention. The tweet has received more than 35,000 likes and has been retweeted nearly 2000 times. 

Here are some of the best replies from fans on Twitter. 

The original tweet even received a reply from high street eye wear company Specsavers, who replied saying: “They need to pre-order an eye test.” 

However, all seems to be sorted as Mason later tweeted saying: “This blew, it’s all sorted now I’m being sent another one.”

A big lesson for football fans is to not purchase a shirt with a player that is yet to be assigned a squad number. 

On Chelsea’s official website, Sterling is yet to be assigned a shirt number but was seen wearing the number 17 during the club’s pre season matches. 

Sterling said moving to Chelsea is a pleasure upon his arrival. 

He said: “First and foremost, it's a pleasure to be here. 

“I’ve obviously achieved a lot in my career so far, but there is still so much more to achieve and I'm really looking forward to doing that in a Chelsea shirt, under Thomas' management.” 

In the wake of this huge transfer, former Chelsea player Jason Cundy believes City made a mistake in letting Sterling leave the club. 

“I have a funny feeling City might’ve made a bit of a rick with the move to get Grealish and then let Sterling go.”

The Argentine said on his Twitch channel: “I don’t understand the sale of Sterling. There are times they (City) make strange decisions.” 

Will Sterling be a hit at Stamford Bridge? Only time will tell.