Raheem Sterling has backed former club Manchester City to round off their impressive campaign by achieving a historic Treble.

The Etihad outfit face Inter Milan in Saturday鈥檚 Champions League final, having already tasted Premier League and FA Cup success.

Sterling spent seven years at City, winning the league four times, and lifting the FA Cup and League Cup.

But the Champions League eluded the England winger and his team, with defeat to Chelsea 鈥� his current club 鈥� in 2021 the closest they came.

Manchester United are the only other English club to have achieved the Treble, back in 1999, and Sterling told Arab News exclusively: 鈥淚 hope City do it.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e a club that鈥檚 been fighting for the Champions League from my time there for many years and I think they are a club that deserves it.

鈥淭he quality that they have, they have been unlucky in previous years.

They鈥檝e got the Premier League (and FA Cup) now and hopefully they can actually get the Champions League and finish it all off.鈥�

The 28-year-old, who scored 131 goals for City 鈥� including 24 in the Champions League 鈥� before leaving for Chelsea last summer, added: 鈥淔or me, it鈥檚 been the same at this club. First season I was there until now, it鈥檚 about consistency.

鈥淔or me, they are the best team 鈥� they鈥檝e been the best for the last five, six years.

鈥淚 knew when I was leaving City, I knew they would be challenging or winning titles. They鈥檙e a great club, they鈥檙e the example for everyone in the Premier League.鈥�

City have been contenders for European club football鈥檚 biggest prize since 2016 when they reached the semifinals under Manuel Pellegrini, but lost 1-0 on aggregate in the semis to Real Madrid.

Heartbreak has since followed for Pep Guardiola鈥檚 team, including a 2019 quarter-final tie with Tottenham Hotspur where Sterling had a dramatic injury-time goal disallowed by VAR.

It would have proved the winner, but Spurs instead went through on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate scoreline.

In last season鈥檚 semifinals, City conceded two goals in the 90th minute as Real Madrid forced extra time and then snatched a 5-4 aggregate success.

鈥淭hey have had unlucky times in the past, but now they have got the luck and that鈥檚 all they needed,鈥� added Sterling of City鈥檚 bid for a first European Cup.

鈥淲hen we lost the final two years ago, it was hard but that鈥檚 gone, it鈥檚 in the past now. Hopefully they get across the line this time. Now they鈥檝e got the big one to come and I believe they will do it.鈥�