Southgate explains why Palmer earned England call-up instead of Sterling

“With Rico, at the moment we just see a very good footballer,” Southgate said. “So I think he’s probably happiest as an eight, talking to him, but he’s obviously played either full-back position. Quite often at Man City, that’s the full-back going into midfield. So he’s a young player we thought it would be good to have some time with us and we’d be able to get a feel of his attributes and we’d be able to work with him closely.”