Premier League star Raheem Sterling has bought his beloved sister a house in London for her 27th birthday.
The Manchester City forward, who earns £180,000 a week, took to Instagram to film the moment where he surprised his 27-year-old sibling by blindfolding her and leading her up to her new pad.
Sterling, 23, told his followers about the ‘big day’ and that he had got a ‘small gift’ for his sister, Kima-lee. He was then seen hushing the camera as he helped his sister out of the car before approaching the house.
The England international, who moved from Liverpool to Manchester City for £49million in 2015, is usually brilliant at helping his team-mates on the pitch but the winger struggled when assisting his sister up her new garden path.
As they got nearer, phone flashes filled the doorway as loved ones waited silently for the pair and the big reveal. A collective shout of ‘surprise!’ then greeted the duo as the sister took off the blindfold.
Kima-lee was then mobbed by family as they ushered her in to her new living room where golden balloons spelled out ‘yours’. She then hugged her baby brother as a thank you before family and friends sang ‘happy birthday’.
He said on Instagram: ‘My sister @kymiah_mae had an amazing birthday. I thank the Lord for your beautiful soul and personality. Our story, we don’t need to talk too much, but at least we can thank the Lord we past the worst.’
In June 2016, Sterling showed off a mansion that he bought for his mother just hours after he had arrived back in Britain following England’s disastrous performance at Euro 2016 which saw them knocked out by Iceland.
He was seen smiling as he took a group of friends on a private tour of the luxury home near London. He later showed off an extravagant bathroom, complete with a matching silver toilet and a glittering jewel-encrusted sink.
Sterling – who dubbed himself ‘The Hated One’ after a poor performance for England against Russia in 2016 – has scored 41 goals in 105 games for Manchester City, with nearly half of those strikes coming this season.
Sterling had an absent father, who was later shot dead in the family’s native home in Jamaica, and moved to England aged five. He joined Queen’s Park Rangers as a boy but moved to Liverpool aged 15 for £600,000 in 2010.