Daniel Sturridge was so pissed at Jamie Carragher's comments he confronted the pundit following his remarks on Sky Sports.
The Liverpool legend revealed he was confronted by the striker while in Australia on a pre-season tour.
Carragher pulled on the famous red shirt down under, joining Steven Gerrard and Steve McManamann, for a Liverpool XI playing against Sydney FC.
Sturridge during the final day of the Premier League. Image: PA
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And he's detailed how Sturridge approached him who was wanting an explanation for his words regarding his Liverpool future.
Earlier in the season, Carragher had claimed his 'legs have gone' while suggesting him in the team is like playing with 10 men, 'when he plays and he doesn't score you're basically down to 10 men because he doesn't offer anything else.'
Here's Carragher recalling the incident via This Is Anfield.
"As soon as I got on the plane, I could see Sturridge wasn't his normal self with me. And he pulled me in Australia after the game, or at half time when we'd come off
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"He said 'why did you say they should sell me?'. I said 'ooh, fair enough!' I thought 'I'm not having you putting me on the back foot' so I went straight back and said 'well, what else can they do?!'
"He wasn't too happy that I'd said that, but my point was that a player of his quality, you either play or you go.
"I was happy he said it. It's fair enough; we give stick out, and plenty of praise too, so who are we to say that someone can't have an opinion on us?
"If I was him, I wouldn't want to be on the bench, and from Klopp's point of view there is nobody else on the bench he could get money for, if he needed say £20m or £25m.
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"Listen, you could still keep him. If Daniel Sturridge is happy playing 25 games next season, you are not going to get many sub strikers with his quality.
"But to be honest I'd seen Slaven Bilic speak about him towards the end of the season, so I thought 'oh, he'll end up at a West Ham or somewhere'. But you see his quality, it's difficult to go and buy a striker with that."
Meanwhile, his Liverpool career is under intense speculation following a disappointing season which was blighted with injuries.
Carragher in action for an All Star XI for Michael Carrick's testimonial. Image: PA
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You can't deny Sturridge's goal scoring attributes but his inability to adapt to Jurgen Klopp's philosophy coupled with his constant injury woes have put his future in doubt.
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