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There are plenty of things to do this morning with the results of BBC Sport's top foreign Premier League players and fantastic opinion pieces on Raheem Sterling.

Big Joe Corrigan shares his thoughts on Ederson and Alisson. Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho reveal the city's players who help them become the most exciting talents in the country.

But first, let's go back to that BBC Sport vote.

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A panel of experts including Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton, Ruud Gullit and New York Times reporter Rory Smith voiced their voices and arguments while the public also had a say.

The task was to find the best at each position in a list of three, then find the final winner.

David Silva was elected second best midfielder, Sergio Aguero third best striker (we do not agree at all with one or the other, panel!), But the best defender was Vincent Komp.all.

Here's what Shearer, Sutton and Smith said about our own Captain Fantastic:

Shearer: "He played in the midfield when he arrived and was a fantastic player for Manchester City. He won three titles and played 260 appearances, but that would have been a lot more if not for his injuries. "

Sutton: "What a fantastic leader. I played against him when he was in Anderlecht at the age of 17 and he came out of the match. He was mature at that age and was reading the game beautifully. "

Black-smith: "When you take out the rough exploits on the field, Kompany arrived before the money was poured and he remained throughout the city, becoming a Premier League force. To have lived all this, to have survived all these styles and these managers, it testifies of its capacities. "

Raheem Sterling continues to bask in the warm glow of his Wembley hat trick Friday night.

For fans of City, none of this is a surprise, but the features that have allowed him to cover several centimeters of column in recent days is a welcome addition to his impressive resume.

His tireless work of charity and support to various groups has been ongoing, and it is not something for which he seeks recognition, much of his generosity and effort as a model has been deliberately removed from the mainstream. cameras.

Of course, since Friday night, people are finding out a lot more about the winger of the city and how it inspires young people and does their best to make a difference.

Here is a selection of Raheem stories in the last pages of this morning …

James Sharp in the Daily mail "This implies that Sterling is no longer a youngster," he writes. This seems strange for a player who was only 24 years old three months ago.

"But when you think about Sterling's trip to that point, it's easy to understand why Southgate could not have chosen a more worthy candidate to be one of its leaders.

"Southgate has also called it a model. It's an overused phrase, but in the case of Sterling, it's fine.

"Born in Jamaica, but raised in the shadow of Wembley, he paved the way for a generation of young footballers from London's troubled areas, young talents such as Sancho and Hudson-Odoi."

Give me some sport then report on what could be a late burst for Raheem in the PFA Player of the Year vote – a teammate from England revealing his choice.

They write: "Sterling has been awarded the title of man of the match after scoring three goals against the Czech Republic in a 5-0 win. Although many believe that the PFA player's year trophy should be awarded to Virgil van Dijk, Sterling is undoubtedly his biggest threat in the race for the crown.

"And after Sterling's performance on Friday, Harry Maguire admitted that he had voted for Sterling rather than Van Dijk.

"I went to get Raheem Sterling," said Maguire. "He was the best player in the Premier League.

"He scores goals, goals and, believe me, it's a nightmare.

"I think the poll should take place later, at this point you do not know who will win the title, but I do not think I would change my mind.

'Raheem was good last year and this season he has pushed his game to another level. It's exciting to have such a talented player for England, we should cherish it, even if we have some very fast and sharp young players in this team now, and the Gareth thing about [Southgate] it's giving them opportunities. "

Well said, Harry.

And that does not stop there – The Irish Examiner are one of the many newspapers bearing the words of the young boy that Raheem paid tribute to his second goal in England on Friday.

"Raheem Sterling's homage to a young player who died of leukemia was a pleasant surprise for the family," said his father.

"Damary Dawkins died Sunday after a relapse twice after a stem cell transplant shortly before Christmas.

"The English striker Sterling raised his shirt after scoring his second goal in his match against the Czech Republic to reveal a picture of him and Damary.

"This 13-year-old man, who had acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of nine, played on the Crystal Palace development team.

"His father, Tony Dawkins, of Dagenham, Esbad, told The Press Association," It was a nice surprise.

"I knew they were talking because (Sterling) came to the hospital, they played pool together and apparently they exchanged their numbers.

"I remember Crystal City playing in Manchester City who lost Damary, who wore his tracksuit with the Crystal Palace badge and took a photo to send to Raheem. They had jokes between them.

"It was very touching and well adapted. I know that Damary touched his heart.

Our last extract from Raheem is BT Sport, where the ex-youth of the city, Jadon Sancho, revealed how his former teammate helped him to get to where he was …

Sancho made his first start in competition for the Three Lions in Friday's 5-0 win over the Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic, where Sterling was the hero of the hat-trick.

"The Manchester City striker, who knows Sancho since they were together at Etihad Stadium, is only 24, but has played a leading role with Sancho and Callum Hudson- Odoi.

"He's a great player, he shows all young people what he's talking about," said winger Borussia Dortmund.

"I'm sure he'll go far in his career and I'm just happy to share a lot with him.

"He's cool, he talks to Callum about what to do and what not to do, and gives us advice.

That's fine, especially since he's from London too, he knows the background I come from.

"He helped me a lot, but it was not just him, everyone made us comfortable, as well as Callum, and made us feel welcome."

And although we talk about emerging talent, The telegraph Sam Dean suggests that Phil Foden begin to show flashes of genius that resemble another legend of the city …

He writes: "Six minutes had pbaded at Ashton Gate on Thursday night when Phil Foden grabbed a loose ball in the center of the midfield, distant from him. a slippery opponent and dropped his shoulder to avoid another.

"Looking up, he then made a majestic pbad in the middle for Dominic Calvert-Lewin, his team-mate for under-21 England, and watched the archer on the attacker's path.

"If Foden's mount was a little stockier and his hair was a bit fuzzier, David Silva could have created that chance. It was the same twist of the hips, the same perfect weight pbad.

"In a single move, Foden highlighted his natural abilities and also showed the benefits of a season spent training with players such as Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho in Manchester City.

"He always gives me advice," Foden said of Silva. "Just knowing your time with the ball and things like that, it will help you.

He will say, "Oh, you could have put the ball there instead of spinning. "Everyone is good with that, Vincent Kompany is the same.

"To learn, it's special."

Finally, the legendary former goalkeeper Joe Corrigan thinks it will be the goalkeepers who decide the title this season.

Speaking in the MENhe said: "They will have a say. They both did very well.

"I think that might lead to the question of which of the two will be the best of the remaining games, but I will not put my money on the best of both.

"I think Ederson is a little more scared of him when it comes to the Premier League – it's the first season of Alisson, we can not forget.

"I thought he could have done better with the backup against Fulham this weekend [when Alisson was involved with a mix-up with Virgil Van Dijk that led to Fulham’s equaliser].

"You can not afford to make that kind of mistake by the end of the season."

And that's it for today – pretty much the same tomorrow …