Bilic talks on Sturridge connection
At one stage during an interview the Irons boss described the Liverpool front man as “unbelievable” adding: ““They have a lot of quality there and I don’t like to comment on the decisions of other managers.”
Sturridge was again missing from the Reds team that lost to Palace last Sunday having suffered from a hip injury continuing a miserable run of injuries that has limited him to five league starts this season after making 18 in the previous two campaigns.
Bilic said: “If you talk about him as a player, especially if you go back two or three seasons he was unbelievable. But [at the time] he wasn’t a subject for West Ham.
“Now he plays very rarely, but I watched Stoke against Liverpool the other day. He came on and, with a couple of passes, he broke their defence. He split them up some great passing.
“I don’t know the situation there. I don’t see their training. I’ve just seen enough of their games to know that when they are fit they are doing well. Especially in that area with Mane, Coutinho and Lallana.
“So what can I say?
“When he is on fire, [Sturridge] is a great player.”