Jamie Carragher feels Manchester City already have England’s best attacker, and believes Raheem Sterling has moved ahead of Harry Kane in that regard.
Having found himself somewhat out of favour at the start of the season at City, Sterling has returned to Pep Guardiola’s side in recent weeks, and reached the landmark of 100 Premier league goals against Wolves last weekend.
The achievement comes after the 27-year-old enjoyed a superb summer with England, having scored three goals during Euro 2020, including winners against Croatia and the Czech Republic.
Kane managed to finish a goal ahead of him at the tournament, and was the subject of intense interest from City during the summer as he failed to push through a move to the Etihad.
Former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports pundit Carragher, though, believes Sterling has gone ahead of his England team-mate as an attacking force.
“I absolutely love him, I think he’s fantastic,” Carragher said.
“There’s only Messi and Aguero that have scored more goals for Pep Guardiola than Raheem Sterling.
“That shows one, the goal record, and also he doesn’t get injured, that’s what I love about him.
“For me, he’s England's best attacker right now. He moved a level above Kane in terms of what he did in the summer. I thought he was absolutely outstanding.
“I go back to it, it’s not a criticism of Jack Grealish, I just don’t understand why Manchester City paid that money for him when they had Raheem Sterling.
“I know there was talk of him last season not being at his best but he had three or four seasons of getting 20, 31 goals in one season as well, I think he’s one of the best attacking players in the Premier League.”
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