Arsenal loan signing Raheem Sterling is reportedly still determined to force his way into Mikel Arteta’s side this season despite struggling for minutes since his late summer move from Chelsea.
Sterling has barely featured for the Gunners since his Deadline Day loan move from Chelsea, where he’d also fallen out of favour, and this has led to some speculation about the England international possibly cutting his loan spell at the Emirates Stadium short this January.
However, it seems Sterling has no plans to do so, according to the Evening Standard, even if Mikel Arteta is also quoted in the piece as saying the 30-year-old is “desperate to play”.
Sterling was undoubtedly a world class player at his peak, having been a star name for some of Pep Guardiola’s best Manchester City sides, though he’s possibly now at the point where he’s lost some of that pace and sharpness from the days when he was at his very highest level.