Daniel Sturridge never fitted the bill for Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool | Sachin Nakrani

The striker who joined West Brom on loan on Monday has struggled with injuries, but his relationship with his manager has never been an easy one

Looking back, it was probably never going to work out between Daniel Sturridge and Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool. The will was there, and they gave it a decent go, but sometimes two people are not meant to be together and one is left with no choice but to move out, which in this case was always going to be Sturridge. Bags packed, goodbyes said, he has joined West Bromwich Albion in a loan deal that signals the end of his time on Merseyside and leaves many of those concerned lingering on what could have been.

Because it was less than four years ago that Sturridge was a shining light at Anfield. Liverpool had dazzled during an ultimately doomed title charge and while Luis Suárez grabbed most of the headlines, Sturridge’s contribution was also notable – 21 goals, with many of them sensational in their imagination as well as execution.

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