This season has picked up exactly where Raheem Sterling left things in the summer. The Manchester City and England forward is still one of the most important players in the national team, getting the crucial breakthrough in the World Cup qualifier against Hungary.
He also remains the poster boy for an England team fighting social and racial injustice, as shown by the depressing and defiant scenes in Budapest.
Back to football though and Gareth Southgate is again having to defend how good the player is given he has started two of the first three games for his club on the bench.
If it felt promising that Sterling was parachuted straight into the City team at Tottenham after less than a week of training, he has since had to sit and watch
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