Chelsea in awkward blunder as Raheem Sterling listed as No7 on matchday squad list despite team-mate taking his number

CHELSEA have handed Raheem Sterling an awkward omen.

The winger’s number could be up at Stamford Bridge as his “7” shirt has been taken away – and now an embarrassing match-day blunder has made things worse.

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GettyBut in reality new boy Pedro Neto has taken over Sterling’s No7[/caption]

Sterling revealed his discontent after the Blues axed him from their first Premier League squad of the season – Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat against Manchester City.

And he might not be too pleased by what happened ahead of Thursday’s Europa Conference League play-off against Servette.

Fans spotted that Chelsea had wrongly listed the 29-year-old at his usual No7 in the squad for the first leg at the Bridge.

However, that number has instead been allocated to £54million newcomer Pedro Neto.

The ex-Wolves winger was in the starting line-up against the Swiss visitors – with Sterling again not even a sub.

The former England attacker and Trevoh Chalobah were earlier stripped of their numbers.

That’s because boss Enzo Maresca hope to offload a string of senior players.

Maresca aims to be left with a much-tighter squad of around 21 serious contenders for places.

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Thursday’s match was chaos off the pitch ahead of kick-off.

Travelling fans clashed with police outside the stadium.

Police eventually allowed them into Stamford Bridge.

But the delay sparked impatience from the Swiss supporters, , some f whom began breaking through the line of stewards.

Police were forced to hold the fans back, with at one officer raising his baton while reinforcements were called half an hour before the 8pm start.

before kick-off.

Apart from Sterling and Chalobah, Ben Chilwell, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Armando Broja were also omitted from the Blues’ squad.

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