Daniel Sturridge has enjoyed an impressive start to Liverpool's pre-season campaign, scoring three times and running Borussia Dortmund ragged in Charlotte.

And those performances have not gone unnoticed by Jürgen Klopp, who knows the striker can make a big impact at Anfield if he can remain fit.

“We’re not in doubt - and nobody was ever in doubt - about his quality. In this moment he looks really good, to be honest. That’s cool - really cool for him and cool for us,” the manager told Liverpoolfc.com.

“[It’s] a very important moment for him. I am in talks with him, what he feels. I don’t want to make him the most physically strongest player in the squad or whatever.

“The most physically strong player in the squad cannot play football like Daniel Sturridge and he has no possibility to be that, to be the marathon man of the team, but he can be a very decisive player. It’s a good moment and hopefully it will stay like that.”