Raheem reborn: From the 'Hated One' at England's disastrous Euros to City's leading light... so how has he turned it around?

Raheem Sterling answers the front door. He shakes hands and says thanks for coming over and leads the way through to the television room. In the hall, a battalion of kids' shoes lie on the floor, neatly arranged in pairs. It's his mum's place and some of the family are staying. Lunch is being prepared in an elegant, sleek kitchen, flooded with light, which looks out over a neat, pretty garden. Forgive the detail. It's just that this Buckinghamshire house was front-page news three months ago.