Is Daniel Sturridge England's most naturally-gifted striker? The Debate panel discuss
Thursday 4 October 2018 23:30, UK
Daniel Sturridge is England's most naturally-talented striker and will be back in Gareth Southgate's squad if he remains injury free, says Mark Schwarzer.
Sturridge was left out of Southgate's squad for the forthcoming Nations League double-header against Croatia and Spain - live on Sky Sports - despite enjoying a renaissance for Liverpool.
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The 29-year-old scored two spectacular goals against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup and Premier League, but Schwarzer believes he should not feel disgruntled by the latest England omission.
He told The Debate: "A conversation may have been had between England and Liverpool where they agreed that Sturridge, who has not played a lot of football and is still on his way back to full fitness, is not someone they necessarily need to look at.
"If it was a big qualifying match then Sturridge would have been picked down to sheer quality, we saw that against Chelsea when he scored a wonder goal from nothing.
"Sturridge has shown over the years that he is England's most-talented striker.
"A few years ago, when he was with Luis Suarez under Brendan Rodgers he looked like he would never stop scoring. For various reasons, mostly because of injury, he's faded away from it.
"He went on loan last season, only managed to play a few games and failed to make an impact at West Brom, again mainly because of injury."
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