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Raheem Sterling would be a worthy winner of all the player awards of the season, according to English captain Harry Kane. Sterling had a great campaign with Manchester City, defending Premier League champion, scoring 19 goals in all competitions and net the decisive penalty while Pep Guardiola's team retained the EFL Cup with a triumph in the final against Chelsea at Wembley.
Kane and Sterling are on the verge of regrouping in the English line-up for the first qualifying matches at Euro 2020 against Czech Republic and Montenegro during the coming week, before they take place on either side of a clash in the quarterfinals of the Champions League between Tottenham and City. "Raheem has still had an incredible season," Kane said at a press conference at the St. George & Park, England, training base. "They won a contest, they are always in all the others and Raheem has been a big part of their success so far.
"It's a big boy, a great player and I can not wait to play with him in the next week's games. "It will certainly be with a shout for the player of the year. "
Despite the established quotas of the city and Liverpool in The Gareth Southgate team in full race for the Premier League title reaches its climaxKane insists that focusing on international issues is a priority for last year's World Cup semi-finalists. "Obviously, we had a few jokes and the like, I think the advantage of this team and this camp from England is we have a little fun and a laugh and a joke," he said.
"But we know that when we are here everything revolves around England and we put that aside. Even with the guys from Liverpool and City, when we are here, it's 100% in England. "When we come back I'm sure there will be some text messages and group messages that will fly.
"We have a good connection here and we are good friends, whether we play for one club or another, we all get along very well." When we are in our clubs, it is 110% to try to fight but we have that respect where we can talk after and be friends. "
Tottenham had threatened to play a role in a title race with three horses for much of the season but a race from one point of their last four high-flying matches made them fall back into a fall for the Qualifying places in the Champions League. Nevertheless, with the long-awaited move into their new stadium, which will finally arrive after the international break, Kane is looking forward to the fight ahead.
He added: "It will be a difficult battle. The first six are so strong now. We are three clear points [of Manchester United in fifth] in the first four. It's in our hands. "If anyone had said third place and the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with all that surrounds the club, it's not a bad position to be so far away. "
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