An Open Letter to Daniel Sturridge
Dear Daniel, Thank you. When you had joined Liverpool, I was a fairly new supporter. In the United States it wasn’t always easy to catch a match on tv so I am a little embarrassed to say I didn’t know who you were until Luis Suárez received his ten match ban. In your game against Fulham when you scored the hat trick, you commanded my attention. Going into the 2013/2014 season, I was cautiously optimistic about where we would finish but I had no idea how transformational and integral you would be to the club. In the 2013/2014 season, you brought some of the greatest joy I experienced watching this team. Not only was your individual play brilliant, but your link-up play with Suárez, Coutinho, Sterling, and the rest of the team was absolutely awe-inspiring. I started supporting the club from the connection with Fenway Sports Group and living in New England, as well as learning the history of the club. But thanks to you, for the first time, I truly loved waking up at 7:30 on a...