Jurgen Klopp looks beyond Daniel Sturridge

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he has not given any thought to Daniel Sturridge’s long-term future even though he does not know when the England forward might return to fitness.

Sturridge has managed just 106 minutes over three matches since Klopp succeeded Brendan Rodgers at Anfield and is not in contention for today’s FA Cup fourth-round visit of West Ham or Tuesday’s trip to Premier League leaders Leicester after more interruptions to his training schedule.

Since he moved to Merseyside three years ago, Sturridge has been unavailable for 54.8% of his time at the club — a total of 615 days missed out of 1,122.