Former Liverpool star Dietmar Hamann has stated that manager Jurgen Klopp should come clean regarding Daniel Sturridge.
Sturridge has barely featured at all under Klopp due to fitness issues and the German manager recently ruled out the striker for Liverpool's midweek FA Cup encounter against Exeter City.
Klopp has been giving cryptic answers regarding Sturridge's fitness and a frustrated ex-Liverpool man Hamann has urged the 48-year-old manager to stop protecting his striker.
Hamann said on talkSPORT: "The club has got a responsibility to tell the paying public what is wrong with him. If he has got a hamstring injury, an ankle injury, or whatever he may have, the people who pay for a season ticket have got a right to know what is wrong with him.
"Judging by the way Jurgen Klopp answered his questions [ahead of the Manchester United game], I don't think there is too much wrong with the player.
"If there is nothing wrong with him, it is more important to be honest and truthful with the paying public than to protect a player who has hardly played in the last 18 months, who seems to choose when he wants to play. If there is nothing wrong with the player, why the club should protect him."
