AC Milan ponder January move for Daniel Sturridge
Serie A club AC Milan are pondering a move for out-of-favour Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge who is reportedly open to leaving the Merseyside club in January, according to a report on the Liverpool Echo, who cite Calcio Mercato.
The Englishman has grown increasingly frustrated with a lack of game time given to him by Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.
Sturridge is eager to get more playing time in an attempt to force his way back into the England squad ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Sturridge has managed to find the back of the net three times in 12 appearances so far this season but has found himself on the substitutes bench for the majority of the fixtures.
AC Milan are looking to bolster their attack in the winter transfer window and have identified Sturridge as a potential target.
Klopp has openly said that he wants Sturridge to stay at the club beyond January.
I can imagine a player with his quality is not happy that he is not starting all the time. I really can imagine that. But that’s all.
At this moment we need all our players. We have November, even if he feels a little different.
There is around one-and-a-half months to go before the window opens and I don’t think for a second about things like this. There are so many games before then and I need all of them.
Sturridge has had his fair share of injury problems over the past few seasons but there is no doubting his quality in front of goal, a trait which Klopp knows may come to use at some point this season.