England coach Southgate: Sterling in contention for Kosovo

Football
13 Nov 2019 • 1:25 PM MYT
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England coach Gareth Southgate says Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling will be in contention for their Euro qualifier against Kosovo.

Sterling has been dumped for the Montenegro game after his bust-up with Liverpool defender Joe Gomez.

Southgate said: "You have to find a way for the group to move forward. We needed emotions across the board to calm down.

"My priority is always the care and well-being of all of my players. Then you have a decision to make on whether there is something further and the right thing for the group moving forward and that was my decision not to select Raheem.

"The reality is that I am not prepared to go into detail about the incident. There is enough conjecture and talk out there. We dealt with it as a group and we move forward."