Ian Wright urges Raheem Sterling to take Arsenal opportunity: 'Or else, he's going out with a whimper'
"He does play up front but I don't know what to say with Raheem [Sterling]," Ian Wright said on The Overlap while discussing Arsenal's options to replace Kai Havertz.
"The opportunity that's arose for him, I thought this is the time where he would have went 'wow, OK, I've left (Manchester) City, I've gone to Chelsea, it's not gone right but Arsenal, who are trying to challenge for it, have come in for me'.
"I thought that this would have been, for whatever is happening, (time for) him to buckle down and say 'right, I'm going to make this work, I have to make this work'. Or else, he's going to go out with a whimper.
"The last time I saw him really come on and do something in a short space of time was against (Manchester) United. That's what you want to see from him - just come on and try and make something happen.
"You're hoping (he can do something) and I think the fans are hoping as well because as soon as he gets it and he comes back, you can hear their groans.
"So, you just feel like he's in that place where if he doesn't do something positive, he knows that it's coming, and I think that's not a good place to be."
Sterling has not been a world-beater at Arsenal so far, but with key forwards injured, he is bound to play a lot more in the coming weeks.
So far, Sterling has provided just one goal and two assists, including just one assist in the Premier League.
