I'm genuinely amazed that there are still LFC fans banging the Daniel Sturridge drum. You're not a top striker if you don't play football games.
I think I've posted enough about what I think are his shortcomings enough times not to be included in that, but in terms of pure ability, Sturridge is ahead of Kane by some margin IMO.
We need a top striker who stays fit, not one who's on the treatment table so often he makes block bookings, and you're right, Sturridge is not that player.
However the fact remains, that he is a genuine top striker, and in terms of pure ability is a lot closer to Aguerro etc than Kane, who to me is just another example of an English player overhyped by the English press.
He's good, yes, and as he hits his peak, may become very good, but in the same bracket as Aguerro etc?
Not for me, not even close.
The one thing he does have over Sturridge though is the mental toughness to play with a bit of pain.
It's been an issue for us for many years; we buy good players that lack mental strength, toughness, call it what you will, but also lack football intelligence.
We've bought too many players who have great ability, but who are lacking in the mental side of the game.
Markovic I suppose is one of the latest examples; wonderful ability, but a bottler. Not tough enough by half.
Benteke's problems were between the ears as well.
In fact I'm sure we could all make a list of players who could have been very good for us, if they had the right attitude/mentality etc
I think the last manager to properly address this was Rafa, and he spoke frequently about it, but also bought players like Masch and Alonso, something we need to start doing again.
I'm hopeful that we can, because Klopp has also spoken frequently about mentality, mental strength, attitude etc