Daniel Sturridge heads back to the US to see specialist as Liverpool striker looks set to miss rest of the season with hip injury

Kampusbet - Daniel Sturridge heads back to the US to see specialist as Liverpool striker looks set to miss rest of the season with hip injury

Judi Online - Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge has gone to see a US specialist in Boston to determine whether he needs surgery to sort out a troublesome hip problem.

The England international has played only twice since he sustained the injury against Manchester United on March 22 and manager Brendan Rodgers last week cast doubt on whether the forward would play again this season.

That now seems even more unlikely after Sturridge was booked in to see Dr Peter Asnis, an orthopaedic surgeon connected to the Boston Red Sox baseball franchise.

It is the second time that 25-year-old Sturridge has been sent to America because of injury. Last December he spent time in Los Angeles and then Boston, working on the thigh problem that kept him out for five months.

Rodgers will now step up attempts to sign a new striker this summer to challenge Sturridge on a regular basis. PSV Eindhoven’s Memphis Depay is their No 1 target and the Holland international seems keen on moving to Anfield.

Sturridge has endured a year to forget because of fitness issues — as has full back Jon Flanagan, who has been ruled out for up to nine months by further knee surgery.

Apart from 31 minutes of Steven Gerrard’s charity match in March, Flanagan, 22, has not played for Liverpool at all this season because of knee and cartilage problems.

Flanagan is out of contract this summer, although Rodgers said recently that Liverpool were looking to sort out his future.

Bandar Bola - The Liverpool-born defender was a revelation when he came into the team last season, impressing on both sides of the back line.

He ended up going away to gain experience with England before last summer’s World Cup and would have been in contention to play for the Under-21s in the Czech Republic this summer had he not missed so much football.

Liverpool’s hopes of finishing in the top six have been jeopardised by poor recent form but they need to qualify for Europe to can stand a chance of signing James Milner from Manchester City on a free transfer when the window opens.

Milner has attracted interest from Arsenal and Roma but he wants to stay in the North West and Liverpool have been confident of winning the race for the 29-year-old.

Milner, however, wants to join a club involved in European competition.