From a first team regular to a substitute in a matter of months. That’s what happened to Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, England’s national team regular and scorer throughout the recently finished EURO 2020. But, for Pep Guardiola, other players fit more in his game plans, as new signing Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez are all in front of Sterling, who started just nine of the last 25 matches in the Premier League and Champions League since March. The recent injury to Torres will certainly mean more minutes to Sterling, but the question is – will it be enough for the Englishman before the January transfer window?Sale at Etihad to collect the funds for Haaland – six players out, the super-striker inIn order to keep his place in England national team, City’s forward must play regularly and it’s not happening at the moment, so he is becoming restless. And for the first time, Sterling spoke of the subject, and he used a much wider explanation, but with a clear conclusion – he is only happy when he plays. And he is not playing at the moment. “I’m not a person that’s going to complain. I’ve not tried to make it a bigger deal than it actually is. I get on with my work, do what I need to do. And I’m just raring to go — playing football matches regularly, score goals regularly. From being a young child, football has been the most important thing in my life, my most happiest I should say. If I want my happiness at a certain level I need to be playing football. I need to be scoring goals and enjoying myself” he told the FT Business of Sport US Summit.(1.15) MAN CITY (9.00) BURNLEY (22.0)And Barcelona (among other clubs) are hearing this and looking at their bank account, trying to figure out if they have the money to sign the player. In 2020, Sterling posed with a Real shirt draped over a shoulder, “If there was the opportunity to go somewhere else for more game time I would be open to it at this moment in time. As I said, football is the most important thing to me — challenges that I have set myself from a young age and dreams as well. As an English player all I know is the Premier League and I’ve always thought you know maybe one day I’d love to play abroad to see how I would come up against that challenge” said Sterling.
