London: Raheem Sterling has denied telling manager Roy Hodgson that he was too tired to play for England in a Euro 2016 qualifier last year.
Hodgson has revealed that the Manchester City winger told him he was fatigued ahead of the final training session in the build-up to the game against Estonia in Tallinn last October. Eventually, Sterling was left out of the starting lineup for the Group E encounter, but he came off the bench in the second-half in time for Wayne Rooney’s late free-kick which gave England a 1-0 victory. “That was so crazy I don’t think that could happen again, for anyone,” the 20-year-old, who has 17 international caps, told the Guardian.
