Liverpool’s injury-cursed striker is back on the treatment table but this latest setback shines a light on his punctuated career as fans wonder approximately his long-term worthDaniel Sturridge is 26 years venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) yet has made only a handful over 150 professional appearances. In his favour,he has scored more than 60 goals in those matches, which is why he is still considered an exciting talent and an exceptional finisher, or though as he prepares to miss another significant portion of the season with his latest injury the downside is obvious. The hamstring damage Sturridge reported after the Newcastle game is the third separate injury that has kept him out since Jürgen Klopp arrived at Liverpool,and the German has been in England only a couple of months.
As the striker has barely played at all for the past couple of seasons there is now serious doubt over whether he will ever turn out to be the player everyone thought he could be. Sorry, no need to exhaust the past tense there. The player everyone still thinks he might become. The great irony to Sturridge’s career is that in the early portion of it he could not get enough games at Manchester City or Chelsea through no fault of his own. So he ended up at Liverpool wanting to be a more regular and valued portion of a team, and now finds himself hardly getting any games through a succession of injuries.
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Source: theguardian.com