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Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge has been called many things but ‘shy and retiring’ isn’t one of them. Sturridge is a player who is supremely confident in his own ability; some might say this confidence is bordering on arrogance and it is easy to see why.
Despite only starting 6 Premier League games, Sturridge secured a £60,000 a week contract with Chelsea after failing to agree a new deal with Manchester City. With such a large contract at such a young age, Strurridge could be mistaken for a player who has proven himself as the highest level but this is far from the case. It’s time for the youngster to show the Chelsea faithful that he is worthy of such a lucrative deal by putting in the performances on the pitch.
From a very young age, Strurridge has been tipped for greatness and it seems that he has bought into his own hype.
As a youngster growing up, he was almost destined for a career at the highest level in football.
He comes from a footballing family- his uncles Dean and Simon Sturridge both had successful careers as professional footballers while father Michael just failed to make the grade at Birmingham City.
He hopped from one youth academy to another, looking for the perfect place to showcase his talents and he ended up in Manchester, signing for Manchester City. His talents were clear for all to see and he was training with the first-team at the tender age of 16. He made his debut for City in 2007 and went on to feature 32 times and score 6 goals in his time at Eastlands.
Coming from a football family, Sturridge was no doubt made aware of the brevity of a career in football and he has been keen to maximise his earning potential. There were rumours that his decision to leave Aston Villa’s youth academy for Coventry and Coventry’s for Manchester City’s were motivated by money. The accusations of greed levelled at Sturridge are given further weight by the fact that he reportedly demanded £65,000 a week from Manchester City or else he wouldn’t sign a new contract. City were unwilling to meet his demands and he moved to Chelsea and signed a £12 million 4 year deal at Stamford Bridge.
At Chelsea, it would be easy for Sturridge to slip into complacency and convince himself he had made it. There were whisperings from within the club that this was indeed the case as he was reluctant to take advice and failed to apply himself properly in training.
While this may have been the case, you wouldn’t have known it looking at Sturridge’s goalscoring record from when he has started. In his 8 starts for Chelsea, Sturridge has scored 6 times. He put in an impressive performance in the midweek Champions League game against MSK Zilina where he started the game and scored an excellent goal. However, Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has demanded more from Sturridge:
“He’s a Chelsea player with good quality. He could do better. I expected more of him on Wednesday and he knows this.”
“He has fantastic ability, and I’d like to see these skills and ability more in a game. He scored with fantastic movement, but we need to see more of that.”
There’s no doubt that Sturridge is a player with a huge amount of potential and he has shown maturity by concentrating on improving his game which he seems initially reluctant to do. If he does continue to do so, there is every chance that Sturridge can make everyone a believer of his talents.
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