Daniel Sturridge

[Bender]

The club should probably had sturridge prove his fittness before giving him that big long contract in November....

We all thought he was the new robbie fowler.......turns out he could be the new Harry Kewell....

That would require simple common sense!

[Slinky Skills]

Why would he be keen?

He might not be but if we don't try we'll never get anyone will we.

[captainfog]

Just read on the BBC that they think he needs surgery on his hip. It never ends.

[Yozza]

Just read on the BBC that they think he needs surgery on his hip. It never ends.

It's alright Foggy I'll paste the info...*

Daniel Sturridge: Liverpool striker may need surgery on hip injury

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has flown to the United States to determine whether he needs surgery on an ongoing hip problem.

Sturridge has played just twice since he picked up the injury in the 2-1 loss to Manchester United on 22 March.

The 25-year-old England international will visit Dr Peter Asnis, an orthopaedic surgeon based in Boston.

Ansis has a history of working with the Boston Red Sox baseball franchise, who are also owned by Fenway Sports Group.

Sturridge joined Liverpool for £12m in January 2013 and scored 24 goals in all competitions in the 2013-14 season as the Reds finished second in the Premier League.

However, he suffered a thigh strain on international duty in September before injuring a calf in training in October.

He picked up another thigh injury in November and did not play again until 31 January, when he netted in the Reds' 2-0 win over West Ham.

Liverpool are fifth in the Premier League with four games remaining, seven points behind Manchester United, who occupy the final Champions League qualification place.


*Lazy git!

[danperkins]

And we where wondering why Chelsea got rid. Poor *******

[Shaggy]

James Pearce @JamesPearceEcho
Rodgers on Sturridge: "We've found some underlying issues related to Dan's problems. Staff here liaising with great medics in America."

[Rich]

Well hopefully the good news is that they're closer to discovering the root cause, bad news is that if he's going under the knife it'll probably mean he misses some of pre-season.

[Reece]

Now's the time to do it I guess. Season is pretty much done, get any op required out of the way, recover over the summer and hopefully get a full pre-season in. He'll then be raring to go next season*


* That's my optimistic view.

[gratziani]

Like we all hope , come back next season firing especially with no major tournament in the summer .

Also have another striker in place who can take the pressure off him as well .

[BigChief]

Now's the time to do it I guess. Season is pretty much done, get any op required out of the way, recover over the summer and hopefully get a full pre-season in. He'll then be raring to go next season*


* That's my optimistic view.

I share this optimistic view as Sturridge hardly ever needs preseasons to play like a world class striker. Its obvious this season even when "recovered" he was still moving like a man with a problem. If we can have him back 100% I have no doubts of where we will be next season.

Now for the pessimistic view, Sturridge does seem to damage different body parts rather easiliy (ankles, muscles). This could be as a result of compensating for the underlying issue but once the other components go its all bad news I'm afraid.

[Rowan]

Blondie's Heart of Glass for him as his new terrace choon.

He scored some goals... And it was a gas
But it soon turned out... He was made of glass

[BigChief]

Blondie's Heart of Glass for him as his new terrace choon.

He scored some goals... And it was a gas
But it soon turned out... He was made of glass

[G]

I hope they don't think "we've found the cause of his problems, we'll sort it out and go into next season again relying on him alone"

[gratziani]

Shame isn't as could be up there with the best if he could keep fit for us.

Ridiculous season for injuries and looked shadow of the player from last year.

[Exiled_red]

Lets hope they can find and fix the underlying problem meaning he can put his injury problems behind him.