RAHEEM STERLING has moved into a stunning new £3.1million mansion as he begins life as a family man after the birth of his son.

Sterling splashed out the case for the luxury pad in Cheshire just weeks before he and partner Paige Milian gave birth to new baby son Thiago.

Raheem Sterling has moved into a new £3.1m home in the Cheshire countryside

Ex- Liverpool star ace spent six months searching for the ideal spot to start a family and was finally bowled over by the five-acre plot in the countryside.

Less than an hour from City’s training ground, the new house comes complete with its own wildlife pond and a paddock, surrounded by farmland.

The plush new mansion comes complete with a wildlife pond and paddock

Raheem Sterling is setting home a family home with partner Paige Milian

The new house in the Cheshire countryside boasts five luxurious bedrooms

The quiet base is a short drive from the rented house he had been using following his £49m move to City from Liverpool in 2015.

It houses five bedrooms, plus an additional guest flat built over the top of the THREE garages and has a floorplan of 7,500 square feet.

Sterling, who earns £180,000-a-week at City, bought the house just before Christmas and moved in just in time to get sorted before 22-year-old model partner Paige gave birth last week.

Raheem Sterling and Paige Milian gave birth to new baby son Thiago last week

The new property comes with a separate guest flat built on top of the garagesCredit: Mercury Press

Raheem Sterling has set up home in the luxury of this five bedroom house in Cheshire

The England forward already has a four-year-old daughter called Melody Rose from a previous relationship.

Sterling splashed out on the new house despite suffering frustrations in his efforts to sell his old home in Birkdale.

The four-bedroom mansion went on the market for £1.5m 18 months ago, before £300,000 was knocked off the asking price last March.

But it has failed to attract any buyers so Sterling has decided to take it off the market.