5 longest serving players in the current Liverpool squad

#3: Daniel Sturridge – debuted January 6th, 2013

Daniel Sturridge is looking for a resurgence in his Liverpool career

Sturridge arrived in the same transfer window as Coutinho and for a time, it looked like he might prove to be the more important signing. In his first half-season he managed to score a remarkable 10 Premier League goals in 14 appearances, and when his partnership with Luis Suarez really clicked in 2013/14, he hit 21 goals in 29 games and almost helped Liverpool to win a first Premier League title. Unfortunately for the striker, though, since then it’s been largely downhill.

Various injuries have restricted Sturridge to only 46 league appearances combined over 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17, and even when he’s been fit he’s never seemed to be a favourite of Jurgen Klopp, who seems to prefer the fast pace of the likes of Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane to lead Liverpool’s line. He’s also been pushed to the sidelines with his country too due to the emergence of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy.

Most people in the know tend to agree one thing about Sturridge, though – when fit, he’s one of the most deadly strikers in the Premier League if not in the whole of Europe. Give him a chance and the ball will usually find its way into the net. And he remains at Liverpool – his sixth season there, despite rumours that he would be sold in the last transfer window.

With Firmino currently out of form, the word going around at the minute is that Sturridge might be back into Liverpool’s starting line-up for this weekend’s game against Newcastle. Given that he loves playing the Magpies – five goals in five games against them for the Reds – could Sturridge see a resurgence in his Anfield career?