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Despite Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat on the opening day of the season to Manchester City, a lot of the talk was about a player who wasn’t even in the matchday squad. Eyebrows were raised when Raheem Sterling’s name was nowhere to be seen in Enzo Maresca’s squad for the first fixture of the season. Sterling’s camp put out a statement an hour before kick-off to state they were seeking clarity over the situation ahead of the new season. READ MORE: Enzo Maresca was not happy with Chelsea fans during first half of defeat to Manchester CityThe timing of this was quite clearly poor, and will likely have been…