Liverpool will work closely with Daniel Sturridge to return him to peak fitness next season.

The Daily Express says he will be handed an individually tailored fitness programme for the summer as Liverpool try and ensure the striker hits the ground running next season.

Sturridge's injury problems have been a hammer blow to their top four hopes.

Liverpool were resigned to only seeing the best of Sturridge next season, but his latest absence has brought back into focus whether they can really rely on a player manager Brendan Rodgers has said must find a way of keeping himself "physically and mentally" fit.