#1 Daniel Sturridge
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Position: Striker
Age: 26
Club: Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge has always been a sort of an enigma for club and country. His play oscillates from the sublime to the disinterested at the drop of a hat.
This saw him consistently switch clubs at a young age playing for Manchester City, Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers before finally settling in Liverpool where he got to play in his preferred striking role.
This saw him form a devastating strike partnership with Luis Suarez, aptly dubbed ‘the SAS’ as Liverpool’s swashbuckling style and utter disregard for defence saw them fall agonisingly close to the title.
They were expected to kick on the next season with Sturridge leading the line for the Reds in the Premier League as well as the Champions League with Suarez’s departure to Barcelona; he would finally get an opportunity to prove himself as the club’s main man.
However, it was not to be, with constant relapses in injury seeing him play only 26 league games across the 2014/15 and 2015/16 season.
He seemed to finally put all the injury woes behind him in the second half of last season as the Reds vied for the League Cup and Europa League, but was overlooked, with Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino preferred instead.
It’s been a similar situation this season, with Sturridge starting only one league game and linked with moves to Arsenal. A man with his striking ability could easily fit in at any of the world’s top clubs.
