Sterling has reinvented himself into a valuable midfielder and he’s told fans exactly how he did it.
Dujon Sterling has learned everything he knows about his new Rangers position from watching John Lundstram. Well, and a bit of YouTube.
The 24-year-old was signed as cover for James Tavernier at right-back in the summer but has found value as a utility man for Philippe Clement. He has stepped into the breach admirably in midfield amid a selection crisis and looks a serious option in that position going forward. Sterling has formed a steady partnership with Lundstram at times and he says his impressive form in midfield comes from watching how his Scouse counterpart operates up close.
But he’s been helped by a bit of video analysis in his own time too as he admits to watching how the greats do it on YouTube. Sterling told Rangers TV: “I was excited to be honest, going into every game I was just happy to be playing and having the manager’s trust. For me it was about learning as I go so every game, I am learning how to play the role, how to improve on playing that role and hopefully I have been playing well and he can still trust me in there.
“When you are playing on the wings you know that the line is there, and you have only got to really look inside whereas in midfield you have to do 360 scans, so it was just learning. I’ve been watching Lunny mostly because he is the one who has been fit out of all our midfielders .
“He’s been doing Then I’ve just been just going on YouTube and searching up clips of midfielders from the past and what they did, how they played, who is like me and trying to implement some of their stuff.”
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