It’s not exactly news that Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling play well together, but the numbers behind their England partnership are pretty staggering.
Kane x Sterling > Kane x Son – and that could be more crucial than ever at this World CupBefore England’s opening game we wondered whether Gareth Southgate’s practical, realistic approach to management, while a double-edged sword,It’s fair to say it’s so far, so good on that front, while Spain – who joined England and France as convincing opening game winners in a round of games not always kind to the fancied sides – showed another thing that may well be hugely important: the ability to...
England’s recent improvement under Southgate in major tournaments has often been heavily attributed to the atmosphere and environment he has created. The old club cliques and mutual suspicion of the Golden Generation era are gone, and on England duty the squad has forged a united identity not often seen among England squads.a thankfully non-knacked Harry KaneIt’s hard to think of two current players who combine so expertly on international duty having never played club football together.
On a minutes-per-goal basis, it becomes even clearer. Despite the obvious excellence of those three players – albeit alas now firmly past tense in the case of Dele – there is no doubt Sterling is Kane’s most effective team-mate. The Dele and Eriksen numbers are starker still; a goal every 472 minutes with the former and every 572 with the latter.
Kane may sit sixth on Sterling’s goal combo chart behind De Bruyne, Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, David Silva and Leroy Sane, but once again there are none of those pairings that can boast a minutes per goal anywhere near that 257 figure. And that’s for Manchester City, who for most of Sterling’s time were the best team in the country and scored all of the goals.
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