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Daily Mirror
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Mike Walters

Raheem Sterling's latest misfire shows World Cup starting spot shouldn't be guaranteed

The pound in your pocket isn't the only Sterling devalued since talentless clots in Downing Street tried to crash the economy.

On the foreign exchange markets, you can only get 1.13 US dollars, 1.10 Euros and about 0.5 avocados to the £ these days. And on the final countdown to England's World Cup crusade in Qatar, Raheem Sterling should no longer be a sure thing in Gareth Southgate's starting XI against Iran next month.

Sterling is not playing badly. At £47.5million, his summer transfer from Manchester City has looked better value than some of the overpriced tat elsewhere in the Premier League. But since he was England's player of the tournament at the Euros last year, he has not been calling the tune like a jukebox.

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