Raheem Sterling back to work but Gerrard slams behavior

Raheem Sterling resumed training at Liverpool yesterday, but that did little to quell the considerable speculation over his future.

The unsettled winger failed to report to the club’s Melwood base for pre-season work on Wednesday and Thursday, citing illness.

It came after the 20-year-old was reported to have asked manager Brendan Rodgers to be allowed not to travel on a pre-season tour of Asia and Australia.