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Joshua Smith & Stephen Killen

Ian Wright delivers transfer verdict on Raheem Sterling leaving Manchester City

Ian Wright has delivered his verdict on whether Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling should leave the club.

Sterling has netted 115 goals for City and provided 88 assists in 302 games across all competitions.

But the 26-year-old has been cast aside by the Premier League champions at the start of this season and Barcelona are reported to be among the clubs interested in trying to tempt the England star away from the Etihad Stadium.

And with Sterling struggling to break into the Manchester City starting XI, Ian Wright has urged him to 'sort it out', saying 'something has to happen where he's playing more regularly'.

Speaking on ITV ahead of the Andorra vs England World Cup Qualifier, Wright said: "Whatever’s going on with City at some stage you look at the importance of Raheem Sterling, I think he proved that at the Euros.

"Going into the Euros he wasn’t playing as frequently as he’d liked to have been playing but then he showed it at a tournament.

"You’re looking at a player who is easily one of our most potent players who isn’t playing at his club, at some stage he’s going to have to sort it out.

"We know that Gareth will pick him and come the World Cup as long as he’s fit he’ll be going.

"But from a personal view whatever is going on with him and the manager, I think it was after a game against Man United then it was Southampton he went and had a word with him but since then been out of it.

"At some stage something has to happen where he's playing more regularly."

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