“We have so many young England talents and Raheem Sterling is ……. England international manager Garath Southgate has stated the reason for Raheem Sterling snub
Legendary England player John Barnes supports Gareth Southgate’s choice to pass on Raheem Sterling, a star for Chelsea.
Despite lately putting on some strong play for his club, Sterling has not represented his nation in international competition since the 2022 World Cup.
In 14 games this season, the forward has five goals and two assists; he most recently scored in the thrilling 4ā4 tie with his old team, Manchester City.
However, it was insufficient for Southgate, and although the Three Lions manager stated that “the door is 100 percent open” for his comeback, Sterlingāwho was once a constant in the teamānow faces a difficult road to qualify for Euro 2024 in the summer.
Despite other players being left out of the squad to play Malta and North Macedonia this week, Cole Palmer, Sterling’s uncapped Blues teammate, was selected instead of Sterling.
The 28-year-old’s exclusion has drawn criticism, and although Barnes acknowledges that he would have chosen the player, he thinks Southgate made the right decision.
The England and Liverpool legend told bonuscodebets.co.uk, “Raheem has played well in the last two or three games for Chelsea and Chelsea haven’t been doing too well up until recently.”
People are arguing that he should be called up based on his performance in the last two or three games, but with the depth of quality at Gareth Southgate’s disposal, this is a difficult position to be in.
“It’s not a problem that Raheem isn’t in the squad; I’ll always have him in the England team.” Based on his recent performance, Raheem might be justified in the squad; nevertheless, the team was chosen prior to the City match, so he will likely return.
Barnes points out that Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, and Jarrod Bowen are just a few of England’s many wide possibilities.
People are arguing that he should be called up based on his performance in the last two or three games, but with the depth of quality at Gareth Southgate’s disposal, this is a difficult position to be in.
“It’s not a problem that Raheem isn’t in the squad; I’ll always have him in the England team.” Based on his recent performance, Raheem might be justified in the squad; nevertheless, the team was chosen prior to the City match, so he will likely return.
Barnes points out that Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, and Jarrod Bowen are just a few of England’s many wide possibilities.
And he speculates that maybe Sterling was passed over because he isn’t as much of a wild card for England as his fellow countrymen are. He continues, saying, “We trust Gareth Southgate to pick the team.”
There will always be opinions among fans on who belongs in the squad and who doesn’t. I value and believe Gareth’s words and actions. His team’s style of play is clear to him.
