{"id":294039,"date":"2023-11-14T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294039"},"modified":"2023-11-14T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T17:25:24","slug":"chris-sutton-says-raheem-sterling-should-play-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-says-raheem-sterling-should-play-for-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sutton says Raheem Sterling should play for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Raheem Sterling should have been called up to the England squad ahead of Marcus Rashford, says Chris Sutton on Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217; as he questions Gareth Southgate&#8217;s selection policy<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raheem Sterling was left out of the England squad last week\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gareth Southgate said the door &#8216;remains open&#8217; for the Chelsea forward<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What\u2019s the story with Raheem Sterling? Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Sutton believes Raheem Sterling should have been included in England&#8217;s squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers over Marcus Rashford.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea forward&#8217;s exile continued last week, when Gareth Southgate omitted him from the squad for the games against Malta at Wembley on Friday and away against North Macedonia the following Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling has scored 20 goals in 82 caps for England, but hasn&#8217;t played for the national team since last year&#8217;s World Cup quarter-final defeat by France, when he came off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>He was injured for the opening Euro 2024 qualifiers in March but hasn&#8217;t been able to regain his England place in the four subsequent squads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cole Palmer was called up as a replacement for the injured James Maddison on Monday and Sutton suggested Sterling should have joined his Chelsea team-mate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/00\/77763165-12745447-image-a-56_1699919999036.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raheem Sterling has been left out of Gareth Southgate&#8217;s latest England squad\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/00\/77763613-12745447-image-a-63_1699920395959.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea attacker scored in the Blues&#8217; 4-4 draw against Manchester City on Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[Southgate] should have gone for Sterling,&#8217; Sutton said on the\u00a0latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s <span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/span>\u00a0podcast with Ian Ladyman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;How is Marcus Rashford in the England squad ahead of Raheem Sterling based on this season&#8217;s performances?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sterling&#8217;s goal in Chelsea&#8217;s thrilling 4-4 draw against Manchester City on Sunday was his fourth goal in 12 Premier League games this season and his fifth in 14 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Rashford, in contrast, has scored just one goal in 16 appearances in all competitions, but scored in England&#8217;s 3-1 win over Italy last month as the Three Lions secured their place at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate explained on Thursday that he wanted continuity in his team, which had been performing well in assuring Euro 2024 qualification with two games to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Sterling&#8217;s absence, he said: &#8216;The team are playing really well, we had an exceptional win here against Italy last time around. Who do we leave out to bring him in?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The door is 100 per cent open. There is no doubt about that. In terms of his quality and personality. He is crucial part of the journey we have had.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have stuck with that group, and deliberately not made changes. It is fair to the guys in the squad.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/00\/77763399-12745447-image-a-60_1699920110074.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton believes Sterling should have been selected ahead of Marcus Rashford<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/00\/77763169-12745447-image-a-58_1699920078888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Manchester United striker has scored just one goal this season and has struggled for form<\/p>\n<p>Southgate also insisted he was not concerned by Rashford&#8217;s poor form for United this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are really happy with him, he scores goals and he enjoys his football with us. For me there&#8217;s nothing to discuss,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton isn&#8217;t alone in suggesting Sterling can feel hard done by after being overlooked by Southgate.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher\u00a0believes the Chelsea forward &#8216;had a case&#8217; to be included in the England squad for the upcoming qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sterling has been brilliant. There&#8217;s no doubt he&#8217;ll be disappointed he is not in the England squad. I think he has a case,&#8217; he said on Sky Sports after Chelsea&#8217;s draw against City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/00\/77763167-12745447-image-a-57_1699920071747.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate has insisted the door remains 100 per cent open for Sterling\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand echoed his former England team-mate&#8217;s thoughts, urging Southgate to &#8216;free Sterling&#8217; and recall the Chelsea forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s done, whose nose he has put out of join. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But for him to not be in the England squad is beyond me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Listen, there&#8217;s a lot of talent don&#8217;t get me wrong, but if we&#8217;re talking form then he&#8217;s got more goals and assists or goal involvements than Rashford and [Jack] Grealish put together.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12745447\/Raheem-Sterling-called-England-squad-ahead-Marcus-Rashford-says-Chris-Sutton-Mail-Sports-podcast-Kicking-questions-Gareth-Southgates-selection-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raheem Sterling should have been called up to the England squad ahead of Marcus Rashford, says Chris Sutton on Mail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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