‘Worry’: Tim Sherwood says Pep Guardiola will be seriously scared of £50m Arsenal player

Arsenal face Manchester City this weekend, and there will be a few interesting reunions this weekend.

Mikel Arteta and Pep Guardiola will meet again as student and master go head to head, while Guardiola could, once again, come up against two of his former players in Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal.

Now, there’s another former Manchester City player at Arsenal as Raheem Sterling joined the Gunners on deadline day.

Speaking on Premier League Productions, Tim Sherwood has been discussing Sterling ahead of this game, and he believes that Pep Guardiola should be worried about the attacker’s return to the Etihad.

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Pep Guardiola should be worried about Raheem Sterling

Sherwood shared his verdict on Sterling upon his return to City.

“It would worry me if I was Pep Guardiola as soon as I am looking at the teamsheet when it comes in. I do not want to see Raheem Sterling on there because that is the Cinderella story, him coming back to haunt them for a new club,” Sterling said.

“If he scores the winner against Man City, I said it last week when I saw him just before the game, I was saying if you scored in this North London derby, you haven’t got to do anything else. You are done.

“I would (start Sterling). Martinelli is not just firing. Saka, I would always have him in the team on that right-hand side because he can come in. He can win the game for Arsenal because he’s so good, but they are all suffering at the moment.

“The offensive players are suffering because Odegaard’s creativity in there. Havertz maybe come off a little bit deeper, you know, find the ball.

“I think Raheem’s clever. He knows when to move off the line from out to in runs. It can be a real threat in behind because we know when Man City, when they attack, they attack with numbers.

“They vacate the full-back areas, and I think Raheem can really explore him down the left-hand side. I would start him.”

Raheem Sterling could haunt Manchester City

As Sherwood says, Pep Guardiola should be worried about Sterling heading into this game.

We’ve seen it so many times over the years how players can torment their former clubs in dramatic fashion.

Manchester City and Arsenal have seen this first-hand over the years – in this exact fixture.

15 years ago, Emmanuel Adebayor scored in this game and famously celebrated in front of the away Arsenal supporters, and perhaps Sterling could reverse the roles and score the decisive goal against his former club on Sunday.