Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling on Fire!!!
By David Crook
Manchester City signed Raheem Sterling from Liverpool back in 2015 for the sum of £50 million and earlier this season the player extended his contract at City until Summer 2023.
At Liverpool Raheem had begun to excel. He played 129 times, scored 23 goals and assisted 25 times. But the player was keen to move to a club where he felt he could win trophies. Signing for City put him into a team during a period of transition but nevertheless he made an impact. A return of 11 goals and 10 assists from 47 games in his first season in 2015/16 was a pretty decent start to his career as a blue.
It was after the arrival of Pep Guardiola as manager and the change in the playing system which has seen Sterling quickly develop. He appears to have seized the chances available to him and continued to work hard on his natural talents to add some improved goal scoring techniques. Prior to every match during the warm up you can see one of the Manchester City coaches, Mikel Arteta, working with Raheem where he is placed under pressure every time he shapes up to shoot at goal. It is this kind of practice and dedication by Raheem which has allowed him to hone his skills.
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Since the start of the 2017/18 season Raheem has played 79 club games during which he has scored 37 goals and assisted a further 32 times. That puts him at an incredible 69 goal involvements in 79 games!
It is this kind of incredible sustained goal involvement level which has seen Transfermarkt website detailing Sterling as the 10th most valuable player in the world – and placing a minimum value of £120 million on him, which represents a significant return on the initial investment paid by City.
Currently Sterling is 7th in the current season assist tables across all world leagues – just one goal behind Lionel Messi! Taking just the Premier League alone and Raheem is 5th highest scorer this season! He is 2nd in the goal involvement table in the Premier League this season just behind Salah!
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The statistics help to reinforce exactly how important Raheem Sterling is to our Manchester City side and right now we are benefitting from a player who is on Fire! Let us hope he can carry this form onto the big games we have coming up and Raheem would be able to add to his medal tally!