Emile Heskey has rated a player who signed for Manchester City under Manuel Pellegrini more highly than Son Heung-min and Dwight Yorke.
Manchester City have had a multitude of superb players plying their trade for the club over the past 15 or so years.
Some became City legends, in a few cases getting a statue outside the Etihad Stadium, while others moved on having done well enough for the club.
Heskey, speaking to TAG Sports, took part in a Winner Stays On quiz in which he had to select who he felt was better between two Premier League legends.
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Raheem Sterling deemed better than Son Heung-min and Dwight Yorke
The quiz Heskey took part in related to the 100 Club, i.e. players with 100 or more Premier League appearances, starting with himself.
Heskey picked himself over Dion Dublin, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Darren Bent, Peter Crouch, Les Ferdinand, Robbie Keane and Robbie Fowler.
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He then selected Nicolas Anelka over himself, and the former Man City striker stayed on until it came to Raheem Sterling, who Heskey picked.
Sterling then stayed on at the expense of Son Heung-min and Dwight Yorke, but was eliminated by Andrew Cole.
Later on, Sergio Aguero came up against Mohamed Salah, and Heskey picked the latter, though he was knocked out by eventual winner Thierry Henry.
Two of Heskey’s sons, Jaden and Reigan, have been making waves in Man City’s academy.
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Sterling was a great player for Man City, who signed him from Liverpool for £49million in 2015.
The England international made 339 appearances for City, registering 131 goals and 86 assists.
Sterling’s efforts helped City win four Premier League titles, one FA Cup, one Community Shield and five League Cups.
City went on to sell Sterling to Chelsea for a fee reported by BBC Sport as £50million.
Sterling remains on the books at Chelsea, but he is expected to leave this summer after becoming surplus to Enzo Maresca’s requirements.
Sterling went on loan to Arsenal last season, but he struggled for the most part and, at the end of the campaign, he returned to Chelsea.