Daniel Sturridge is on the brink of joining West Brom on-loan from Liverpool – and Newcastle United fans are absolutely gutted about the news.
The England international was once the Reds’ main striker, and formed a formidable partnership with Luis Suarez during the 2013/14 season, but things have definitely gone downhill since Jurgen Klopp arrived at the club in 2015.
The German seems intent on playing with Roberto Firmino as his primary forward, and Sturridge certainly hasn’t been helped by his long list on injuries.
Still only 28, Sturridge was linked with Newcastle earlier this month, with the Magpies in desperate need of a new goalscorer, but according to Sky Sports, Sturridge has had a medical at West Brom ahead of joining Alan Pardew’s side until the end of the season.
As you can imagine, the Toon Army are more than just a little bit dejected by the nature of the knock-back:
Pathetic that we've been beaten to Sturridge's signature by West Brom. #NUFC
— Adil Khan Deshmukh (@dillytoon) January 29, 2018
When Sturridge scores 10 in 12 games at WBA I am going to lose it
— Laurence (@PsychoRelic_) January 29, 2018
We only made an “enquiry “ about Sturridge the idea that we were in talks with him or he chose West Brom over us is a lie would love to know how much we’ve bid for Jorgensen aswell if at all a familiar but no less depressing turn of events #nufc#ashleyout
— davey ball (@vincenzoball) January 29, 2018
Sturridge not coming to Newcastle ‘for family reasons’ is the biggest pile of horseshit I’ve ever seen man! Takes a couple hours on the train and be up here for 4 months! Absolutely stinks of #NUFC not paying fees or wages! Joke club.
— Scott Pocklington (@Scott_Pock) January 29, 2018
how come we couldnt get sturridge on loan but west brom can?
— Karl (@ObscureThing77) January 29, 2018
Sturridge turning down Newcastle for West Brom just sums up North East football.
— DannyHall (@danhall94) January 29, 2018
Checked Twitter for first time today; NUFC enquire about Daniel Sturridge. 2 mins later: Daniel Sturridge joins WBA on loan.
We are fucked.
— James Beedie (@17jamesbeedie) January 29, 2018
I don't know what to say about sturridge #nufc
— JW (@jaywith23) January 29, 2018
Glad I was busy today so I couldn't be too disappointed by our failure with Sturridge today. Wanna save my disappointment for deadline day. #nufc
— Pete Woodward (@PeteOfTheNorth) January 29, 2018
Sturridge will probably fail the medical anyway! #DanielSturridge
— GMC (@GMC_87) January 29, 2018
Fuck sake pardew will be pissing his pants if he lands sturridge ahead of the toon….get your finger out ashley
— Jeff (@jeffgarnett30) January 29, 2018
What do you think of Sturridge’s decision? Does picking West Brom ahead of Newcastle show just how far they’ve fallen in terms of stature?
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