{"id":1080038,"date":"2019-03-23T15:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1080038"},"modified":"2019-03-23T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T15:37:57","slug":"gareth-southgate-reveals-the-latest-england-player-promoted-to-his-leadership-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/gareth-southgate-reveals-the-latest-england-player-promoted-to-his-leadership-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Southgate reveals the latest England player promoted to his “leadership group”"},"content":{"rendered":"

England boss Gareth Southgate has announced Raheem Sterling is now part of his leadership group.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Manchester City winger registered a first international hat-trick as the Three Lions began their Euro 2020 qualification with a comfortable 5-0 win over the Czech Republic at Wembley.<\/p>\n

A Sterling performance: Five things to know\u2026<\/h2>\n
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  1. Sterling scored the first international hat-trick at Wembley since Jermain Defoe against Bulgaria in September 2010.<\/li>\n
  2. Five of Sterling’s seven England goals have come in his last three games.<\/li>\n
  3. Before netting against Spain in Betis last year he went 28 international appearances without a goal.<\/li>\n
  4. Only Harry Kane (16) has scored more goals for England under Southgate than Sterling (5).<\/li>\n
  5. And only Kane (6) has created more goals for England under Southgate than Sterling (4).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    It was yet another display that illustrates Sterling’s newfound stature. Hotly tipped for big things as a youth player, and following his breakthrough at Liverpool, the Londoner has reached a new level under the tutelage of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

    Sterling following Guardiola’s arrival has become a consistent goal threat and he’s starting to bring that to England after going through a barren spell which elicited frustrations among supporters.<\/p>\n

    Now one of the first names on Southgate’s teamsheet Sterling’s maturation on and off the pitch has seen him earn a newfound role with the senior Three Lions team.<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IyFZSr4HoJ4<\/p>\n

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    “I’ve put him into the leadership group that we have,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n

    “I think he’s showing those signs, I think he’s a role model for the younger players coming in.<\/p>\n

    “He’s really focused on his training and his preparation and I think he’s enjoyed that extra responsibility as well.”<\/p>\n

    What is Southgate’s ‘leadership group’?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Gareth Southgate was appointed as England boss in September 2016, before getting the job full-time two months later, following a successful period guiding the U21s. His methods and the style of play he’s implemented has brought the feel-good factor back to the national team after years of indifference.<\/p>\n

    Southgate’s first stint culminated with England reaching their first World Cup semi-final since 1990, ending a 28-year wait. Since their Russian adventure, they’ve made the inaugural UEFA Nations League final four: a meeting with the Netherlands for a place in the final (against Portugal or Switzerland) awaits this summer.<\/p>\n

    Part of the success has been down to emboldening his players and giving some of them leadership roles with the aim to take the burden off a single player and share the responsibility of leading England around.<\/p>\n

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    “We have this thing about ‘an England captain’, but really the captain is the person that is captain in the next game, isn’t it?,” he said in 2017.<\/p>\n

    “Always the danger in any sport with naming a ‘captain’ is selection. Always there is a danger with form or anything else that it becomes a matter of debate.<\/p>\n

    “I always just assume you pick a team for a game and the captain of that game is the captain. I think that’s why you need a leadership group.<\/p>\n

    “The key for me is how do we develop more leaders. There are moments in a game to go and grab it by the scruff of the neck and moments to step in. But there is nothing to stop other players from doing that.<\/p>\n

    “I get the bloke who pulls the armband on for match day is important, but in [Euro] ’96 it was just as important what Stuart Pearce was doing during the week, and Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham and Paul Ince as Tony Adams.<\/p>\n

    “In fact, it was David Platt who was captain at the start – Tony took over during the tournament. It is more the culture of the team that is set by the leaders in the group that I think is fundamental to us doing well.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    England boss Gareth Southgate has announced Raheem Sterling is now part of his leadership group. The 24-year-old Manchester City winger registered a first international hat-trick as the Three Lions began their Euro 2020 qualification with a comfortable 5-0 win over the Czech Republic at Wembley. 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