Friday 17 February 2017 10:40, UK
Daniel Sturridge will return home from Liverpool's mid-season training camp in La Manga early due to a virus.
The 27-year-old striker linked up with his team-mates in Spain earlier this week, but will head back to Merseyside early after his condition did not improve.
The club reported Sturridge was eager to take part in the squad's daily double sessions while they prepare for their next game on February 27 against Leicester City, but will now resume training at the Melwood base once he is fully recovered from illness.
Sturridge has made just two substitute appearances in Liverpool's last five Premier League games and is without a goal for the club since scoring in the 2-2 draw with Sunderland on January 2.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hopes to have centre-back Dejan Lovren in training when the club return from Spain on Sunday, with the defender having missed the last two games with a knee injury.
Marko Grujic is another player to have missed out on the warm-weather camp this week, with the club's medical department opting to treat Grujic's hamstring injury - which has kept him out since late last year - at Melwood.
