England goalkeeper Joe Hart has backed Manchester City team-mate Raheem Sterling to shine at Euro 2016 next month.
Sterling arrived at City from Liverpool for £44million in the off-season but struggled somewhat in his first campaign at the Etihad Stadium.
The 21-year-old made just seven Premier League starts in 2016 but was still included as part of Roy Hodgson s provisional squad for the Euros in France.
Sterling was a star performer in England s 2-1 friendly win over Turkey on Sunday, and Hart believes the young winger will only continue to get better.
He s got no point to prove, Raheem, Hart said. I see Raheem work hard every day trying to improve.
He s 21, he s fully aware of that and he s going to get better. And he s excited. He s an exciting footballer, someone I enjoy working with and I really want to do well.
He was really good [on Sunday]. He got kicked to pieces because they couldn t deal with him, simple as that.
I think maybe in a [European] Championship game a few of them would have been walking a lot tighter rope than they were.
But it was good. I was excited to see it. It was tough for Raheem towards the end of the season he wasn t starting games that s gone and it s a fresh chapter.
A fit and firing Raheem Sterling can change games.