Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers hopes injured striker Daniel Sturridge will be ready for a return to action in early January. The England star has not played for Liverpool since August after suffering thigh and calf problems, depriving Brendan Rodgers of his first-choice striker after the departure of Luis Suarez. Sturridge has been training in Los Angeles because the club thought that he would benefit from a change of scenery. Daniel Sturridge has been out injured since the end of August and will spend Christmas in America Sturridge's latest injury was not connected to the one he suffered while on England duty in September
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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has been out injured since August
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Brendan Rodgers hopes striker will return in January
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Sturridge has been training in Los Angeles
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