messi football kit Discussing his own switch to Liverpool, Sturridge – who remains without a club at present after severing ties with Trabzonspor – told The Beautiful Game Podcast: “It was the perfect place for me, which is mad.

“My sister dreamt it. She said: ‘I think you are going to play forLiverpoolone day’ – and I was like, ‘What are you on about, you are talking foolishness.’

“She was like, ‘I see you playing in red’ – and I was like, ‘What is she on about? I play for Chelsea.’

“To say the team was missing someone like me was how they sold it. We got Luis Suarez over here, unbelievable player, Stevie G [Steven Gerrard], who I trained with at England.

“They had a young Raheem [Sterling] and they also had ambitions as well. They said they were going to sign players. They then brought Coutinho in who was a bargain bucket. Bargain bucket man, a KFC bargain bucket!

“It was a snip and we were cheap. ￡12m for myself cheapest place to buy football shirts and ￡8m for Coutinho. I don’t know how much they earned from Coutinho.