Get the biggest City transfer window stories, analysis and updates delivered straight to your inbox Going into Euro 2020, Raheem Sterling’s world was crashing around his ears, if the rumours were to be believed.
He had been edged out of the Manchester City team, and then took flak from some Blues fans as Pep Guardiola altered the balance of his team to wedge him into the Champions League final side.
Almost everyone seemed to want him dropped from the England team for the opening group game against Croatia, with Phil Foden and Jack Grealish the names on their lips.
Everyone but Gareth Southgate, that is. And the transfer tittle-tattle suggested he was being proffered to Tottenham as part-ex for Harry Kane, a pawn in a chess game.
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