Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has vowed to “give everything” for Liverpool this season as he looks to get his career back on track, Sky Sports reports.
Sturridge has suffered a tough last three seasons at Anfield with injuries hampering his playing time and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp opting to send him out on loan to West Brom for the second half of last season where he failed to impress the West Brom faithful.
The 29-year-old failed to score during his time in the West Midlands but after an impressive pre-season for Liverpool the England international already has four goals to his name in all competitions this season.
Sturridge’s recent form has seen calls from some for Gareth Southgate to recall him to the England squad but Sturridge has said that his main focus is to get back to his best for his club.
Sturridge spoke to the club website and said that he is willing to give his all for the Reds.
Whatever decisions the manager makes, he’s the boss. Whatever team he picks, you just give your best whether you come on for five minutes or start the game. It’s just about giving everything on the pitch whenever you get the minutes
Failures make you a winner, because you learn from the failure and you improve mentally from it; you improve in every way, personality-wise and character-wise.
Sturridge went on to explain how his role for the club has changed more from a no.9 role into that of a no.10.
The position I’m playing now isn’t the old position I was playing. In the past, I’ve been a No 9 making runs behind, whereas now it’s more a No 10 than it was.
You’re probably a little bit deeper and working hard. The runs you probably would have made in behind you are now doing in the midfield area, getting on the ball and things like that.
We have wingers who make the runs in behind and they act as second strikers in effect. Your role is just different but I enjoy it. I’ve always felt I could play a position like that.
