"You're not really happy, your laugh is just the protective color you wear." Mayday's lyrics depict Sterling laughing awkwardly when he misses the opportunity.
As the famous "Happy Football" spokesperson in world football, "Happy Boy" Sterling has now finally found true happiness: goals, assists, winning trophies.
In the latest football price list updated by the German transfer market, there are 19 stars worth more than 100 million euros, of which Manchester City and Liverpool each have the most people, Paris, Barca and Atletico 2 each, Spurs, Dortmund, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United 1 each. In terms of nationality, France and England each have the largest number of people with 4 people.
25-year-old Raheem Sterling is worth 160 million euros, setting a record for the all-time value of an English player on the platform. Sterling tied for second with Neymar at 160 million euros, but compared to Neymar, Sterling is 2 years younger, and the important thing is that there are not many injuries and attendance is high.
In the Manchester City team, Sterling and De Bruyne, Sane, B seat four people are worth more than 100 million, but compared to the glass people such as De Bruyne and Sane, Sterling's attendance is the capital he is proud of.
This season, Sterling has made 26 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions, with the most in the team (25 second place B seats), 2143 minutes in the team (208 more minutes than second place Edson), and 18 goals, the most in the team (13 goals for second place Aguero).
Halfway through the season, Sterling has made 26 appearances for City, contributing 18 goals and 6 assists, making it difficult to complete a double-double again. The previous four seasons, Sterling's stats at Manchester City were:
2018/19, 25 goals and 18 assists in 51 games, Premier League title, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield;
2017/18 season, 23 goals and 17 assists in 46 games, Premier League title, League Cup title,
2016/17 season, 10 goals and 20 assists in 47 games,
In the 2015/16 season, he won the League Cup with 11 goals and 10 assists in 47 games
Sterling joined City from Liverpool in the summer of 2015 for a transfer fee of £49 million, and now four and a half seasons later, he has scored 87 goals and 71 assists in 217 appearances for the Blue Moon.
With four consecutive seasons of club appearances of 45+, the stats could have been even more impressive if such attendance had been placed on Neymar. But in the world football, in the intensive competition of the giant team, can not be seriously injured, maintain a stable playing time, which is itself a kind of ability and talent, Messi and C Ronaldo if they can not maintain a relatively stable attendance for many years, there can be no such achievements and data.
Sterling, who just celebrated his 25th birthday this month, is at the golden age of his career and has two important fields to conquer.
For Sterling and his mentor Guardiola, the delay in getting further in the Champions League has always been a heart disease, the previous two seasons, they have stopped in the Champions League civil war, especially last season, Sterling once killed Tottenham Hotspur in stoppage time, but unfortunately Aguero touched the ball first, and was eventually blown off by VAR, and Sterling also experienced a big gap from heaven to hell.
More importantly, there is the European Cup, Sterling made 7 appearances in this year's qualifiers, contributed 8 goals and 9 assists, averaged more than 2 goals per game, and was incredibly efficient.
Everything changed dramatically after the 2018 World Cup. At the World Cup in Russia, Sterling wore england's No. 10 shirt, did not score in 6 appearances, and wasted opportunities many times to carry forward the "happy football".
At this point, his national team stats were 2 goals in 44 games; for the next year and a half, his national team stats were 10 goals in 12 games!
Of course, everything needs to prove itself in the big game. At Euro 2020, England are in the same group as Croatia, the Czech Republic and the play-off c-slot teams, and they will play three group games at Wembley. At the same time, the Semi-Final and Final of the European Championship will also be played at Wembley, and England hope to start here and eventually return here to win the Cup.
Sterling, 25, has competed in three previous tournaments but has not scored in three European Championships and nine World Cups. Back at Euro 2016, Sterling's poor performance once led England fans to launch a crowdfunding ———— "We're going to send Sterling home" in the hope of raising £200, and in the end, the "nonsense" campaign attracted 298 people and donated a total of £1356.
Now, the happy boy who was once questioned for his worthlessness has been reborn, his ball quotient has taken a qualitative leap, and his ability to observe, run, pull, pass, finish and other aspects has been comprehensively improved under guardiola's tutelage. In this year's Golden Globe Awards, Sterling ranked 12th.
The Champions League trophy Big Ears Cup, the European Cup trophy DeLaunay Cup, which is Sterling's battleground, brings such an important trophy to Manchester City and England that he can bring true joy to the fans!