Kevin De Bryune has defended Raheem Sterling after his Manchester City teammate was heavily criticized because of his gun tattoo.
The England international has been at the center of controversy after a picture of his gun tattoo went wild on social media, which sparked outrage from a British tabloid. He was in the headlines once again a few days later; this time because it was revealed he arrived late to the England training camp due to a delayed flight coming back from a holiday in Jamaica.
The criticism has seen De Bryune hit back at those singling Sterling out from “behind a keyboard.” “He is an unbelievable player. I don’t know why people in England always want to criticise him. He is a good guy. Why do people talk about things they don’t know about? It’s easy to talk behind a keyboard. I wouldn’t care if people were saying things like that about me. I’ve never seen Raheem do stupid things,” he told the reporters.
“If he had done drugs or something dumb I would think; ‘OK, yeah, that’s a problem’. But these days you get scrutiny for everything,” he added.
Looking to his own team’s World Cup campaign, the Belgian midfielder is confident that the team can progress following a smooth qualification period