JURGEN KLOPP refused to respond to claims Daniel Sturridge wants to quit Anfield and said he could re-launch his injury-stalled season in Liverpool’s FA Cup replay with West Ham on Tuesday.
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The Liverpool manager sidestepped the issue of whether Sturridge sees his future away from Merseyside at the end of the campaign because he is unhappy with the lack of public support he has received from the club over his injury problems.
Sturridge is due to train for the third successive session later today – Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi are also poised to take part after injury – and Klopp raised the prospect of the striker finally returning to action next week.
Klopp sought to focus on that rather than Sturridge’s mooted unhappiness.
“Who suggested it? If someone wants to ask me something about what they have heard about then they can ask me, but not 'suggestions',” said Klopp.
“I am not interested in this.
“The Daniel story is not a story. How can it be a story? You cannot create stories and then ask me. If someone wants to say something at least write your name under it and don't suggest something that is not too cool. It is absolutely not frustrating, it is not interesting.
“Daniel has been back in training two days and that is great so everything looks good in this moment.
“Now it is normal football training. The day before yesterday he was with Phil and Divock - you see these three players and you know what you have missed.
“Obviously there were a few problems in the past with a few injuries, not just since I was here, and that is part of the truth but this is the past and it would be cool if we could leave it there and we can start from now on.
“What Daniel needs, what each player needs, is consistent training, training, training. That is normal to be fit for Premier League football.
“We tried everything we could to bring him to this shape and now we are in the moment when hopefully we can get the benefit of this work. He's not available this weekend because of training.
“Now it is two days' training, today will be the third and it is not too intensive. Divock, Phil and Daniel are in training and you think after five minutes we should put them in the squad but that is the moment when you have to say 'Come on, we have to have another three sessions which we can use and maybe be available for West Ham.”
Liverpool made clear at the start of Klopp’s press conference that he would not field any questions on a planned protest during tomorrow’s game with Sunderland at new ticket prices.
Klopp – who revealed Martin Skrtel is facing another two to three weeks out due to injury – gave his reaction to Alex Teixeira’s £38.5m move from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chinese side Jiangsu Suning.
Liverpool failed in a bid for the Brazilian striker after refusing to up a £24.5m offer and Klopp said: “First of all I think we should respect we all can make our own decisions and our own decisions are a sign for a new development.
“In a lot of parts of Europe people talk about the financial power of England because of the television contract and now maybe it is another competitor, I don't know.
“If you are 26 and you get an offer like an offer he got everyone would think about it. There are a few problems less for the next generations of Teixeiras I think but it is good news for the whole family.”
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