Sturridge is understood to be targeting a return to first-team action against Manchester United on September 12

Daniel Sturridge is set to return to Merseyside from the United States tomorrow, having successfully completed a three-month rehabilitation programme after hip surgery.

Before his return, the forward, who made only 18 appearances for Liverpool last season, will be assessed by Glen Driscoll and Chris Morgan, the club’s heads of performance and physiotherapy respectively, who have travelled to Boston to check on his recovery.

Sturridge is understood to be targeting a return to first-team action against Manchester United on September 12.

It was in a fixture against United in March that he first suffered the injury and, although he started an FA Cup tie away to Blackburn Rovers the next month, the severity of the problem was such that he was operated on in New