Robin van Persie has hit out on the ‘inappropriate’ criticism of Raheem Sterling after the previous Chelsea star struggled to hit the bottom working on his Feyenoord debut.
Sterling, who joined the Dutch membership earlier this month after mutually agreeing to terminate his £325,000-a-week deal at Chelsea in January, got here off the bench to mark his first look for the crew throughout a 2-1 win towards Telstar final Sunday.
Having spent 9 months in exile at Stamford Bridge with out making a single look for Chelsea this season, Sterling was understandably rusty on his debut and confronted a wave of backlash on social media.
Feyenoord boss Van Persie leapt to Sterling’s defence on Friday forward of his crew’s conflict with FC Twente on Sunday, hitting out at his critics.
‘You probably have slightly sense of context, the place he comes from, what he is achieved prior to now, and that he hasn’t had any crew coaching for months,’ Van Persie stated.
‘I perceive that there are expectations of an absolute high participant, however to criticise him like that after half an hour – his first half hour after over six months – then you definitely actually do not perceive something in any respect.’
Regardless of accepting that criticism is a part of being a footballer within the Netherlands, the previous Manchester United ahead went on to label the backlash ‘inappropriate’.
Robin van Persie has hit out at ‘inappropriate’ criticism geared toward his participant Raheem Sterling
The ex-Chelsea star (proper) was ruthlessly criticised after his debut for Feyenoord final Sunday
‘A big half was constructive, however a few of it was additionally fairly Dutch. Being blunt about every little thing that everybody thought wasn’t proper,’ he added.
‘If you happen to’re 5 – 6 weeks in and also you assume he is not delivering, okay, then you’ve some extent. However to throw out such sturdy opinions primarily based on his first half hour, I assumed, was inappropriate.’
After Sterling’s cameo look final Sunday, one Instagram account known as FootballPark, boasting virtually 100k followers, wrote that the ex-England worldwide regarded like ‘Bambi on Ice’ and even prompt he ought to think about retiring.
The writer, who was not at all the one social media account ripping into the footballer, posted: ‘Raheem Sterling’s debut for Feyenoord was not precisely successful story – actually, it regarded like a veritable catastrophe from the Dutch membership’s standpoint.
‘The English winger regarded like Bambi on ice. On a downward spiral since 2022, missing motivation, and seemingly unable to play beneath anybody who is not named Pep Guardiola, Sterling is effectively and really into his twilight years. Is it time to hold the boots up as soon as and for all?’
Sterling’s former Manchester Metropolis team-mate Jack Grealish jumped in to defend the 31-year-old star on-line, taking challenge with the submit.
‘What a f*****g silly Instagram submit man what’s fallacious with you guys. Man hasn’t performed or skilled for thus lengthy. Ppl like u guys is what fallacious with the world. Have some respect,’ he wrote.
