You mean in Liverpool or PL?
In the PL. I'd contest there's no better all round striker outside of Augero than Sturridge when he's healthy. Which he's been for a good few months now. He's just been building his match fitness/ sharpness back up.
'Clinical' was a broad brush as Kane's most certainly that. And Vardy has been. This year. But when it comes to the all round package Sturridge is the most talented English player, not just striker, by a good ways and I don't think many neutral observers would argue with that. We've been privileged enough to have some of the best forwards of their respective generations over the years at Anfield and Sturridge is RIGHT up there with the very best goals wise. Wednesday was his 50th goal for L'pool in just 87 games. A goal every 1.74 games. Many of which he hasn't even finished or put together a solid, consistent run through injury. (Bournemouth last Sunday was the first time in 2 years he'd started 4 successive league games for example.).
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[TD="class: column-1"]Albert Stubbins[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]Roger Hunt[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]79[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1"]Fernando Torres[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2"]84[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]Daniel Sturridge[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]87[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1"]Luis Suarez[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2"]91[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]John Aldridge[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]92[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1"]Michael Owen[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2"]93[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]Robbie Fowler[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F9F9F9"]94[/TD]
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[TD="class: column-1"]Kenny Dalglish[/TD]
[TD="class: column-2"]99[/TD]
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It's frightening to think just how many more he'd now have for Liverpool where it not for the injuries. 87 games in 4 seasons is an absolute travesty. But when he is healthy, he's a wonderful footballer and one of the most dangerous strikers around. And (touch wood and crossing everything I have), he now appears to be finally over his problems and looking at his first proper pre-season in a good few years.
He's one of the very few genuine top echelon players that Klopp inherited.
