Raheem Sterling remains a 'highly rated and respected' member of the Arsenal Squad by the Gunners coaching staff despite his struggles on the field, has claimed a report.
The International of England has come for criticism of his bad performances for the North London club since he completed a loan movement from Chelsea last summer.
Sterling has only managed one goal and two assists in 22 trips and has found Gametime difficult to come by, even with the Gunners injury crisis in forward positions.
The 30-year-old has only received 41 minutes of action in the last three games of Arsenal, with people like younger Ethan Nwaneri and midfielder Mikel Merino the preferred options in attack for Mikel Arteta.
Sterling, however, retains the confidence of his coaches in the Emirates because of his 'professionalism and working speed in training', according to the Sun.
The winger is reportedly 'highly valued and respected' and helps with 'setting high standards' at the club.
Moreover, the veteran would have worked 'tireless' to guide the young players, such as Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly, and has been a calming influence in a different murderous environment.
The report also claims that Sterling maintains a great relationship with Arteta and never felt frozen by the Spaniard, as he did in Chelsea when the blues wanted to leave.
Sterling will probably get a run in the Champions League next week when the Gunners welcomes PSV to the Emirates.
The men of Arteta enjoyed a record-breaking victory over the besieged Eredivisie champions this week, with 7-1 in the first stage of their last-16 draw.
Arsenal will be in the coming weeks without starman Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, while Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus will miss the rest of the season with hamstring and knee injuries.
In the midst of this crisis, Sterling got a rare start in the 2-0 victory of Arsenal at Leicester last month, but struggled 69 minutes before he was replaced by the final match winner Merino.
After the victory, Arteta said that the party would trust the veteran to contribute to the ailing title challenge.
“Raheem is so experienced, and like many other players we know that what you did yesterday is not whether it was really good or not,” he said. 'That can be relevant for the next game for the next promotion. He is fully focused, he was very well trained this week and [is] Ready to go again. '
Two weeks later, the Gunners find themselves 13 points on drift from the Liverpool leaders. On Saturday afternoon, the men of Arne Slot have the chance to extend the gap at the top to 16 when they welcome Southampton in Anfield before Arsenal travel to Manchester United 24 hours later to compete against Manchester United.
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