3. Daniel Sturridge
Club: Chelsea Like sometimes England colleague Walcott, Sturridge is said to be disgruntled by his manager's preference for playing him out wide, and not in his own preferred central role, and the relative lack of opportunities that sitting as part of Chelsea's cosmopolitan squad, with its imbalance of attacking midfield options, might well drive Sturridge to look elsewhere when the transfer window reopens in January. Quite what Chelsea would charge - rumours ridiculously speculated £15 -20m recently for a player who has played 54 minutes of football this term - remains to be seen, given the attacker's comparatively poor return of goals, but the strong, mobile forward would certainly represent an intriguing option for Rodgers to return to if he was to be available in the winter window. He almost signed on a season long loan deal on thelast transfer deadline day - according to the
Mail Online - but his desire for a permanent move stopped that going through. Perhaps Rodgers will recognise the frailty of his own squad this time out, and give Sturridge exactly what he wants...