Liverpool ready to move on as Sturridge undergoes hip surgery

Striker faces fight to be fit for next season and earn his place in a new-look Liverpool team

Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool FC
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Injury-plagued Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has undergone hip surgery in New York, bringing his wretched season to an early end and leaving him with a summer of hard work if he is to be fit for the start of the next campaign.

Sturridge was operated on by Dr Bryan T Kelly, an orthopaedic surgeon and hip specialist who has worked with the New York Giants NFL team and the New York Red Bull MLS side.

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