England international and Chelsea forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Sturridge-c10076 has gone on to claim that he is looking to repay the faith shown in him by the Three Lions manager, Roy Hodgson.
The striker is set to be a part of the England squad that take on Sweden on Wednesday, and the player feels that he is greatly honoured to have been called up to represent the national team.
Sturridge is yet to start a Premier League game for Chelsea this season, but despite him playing second choice to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707, he has gone on to have a very positive impact on the Blues.
In fact, his performances of the bench seemed to have impressed Hodgson so much, that the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 manager decided to name him in his twenty three man squad for the upcoming international fixture.
Feeling honoured with getting the call up, when talking about the opportunity that has been given to him, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 forward is reported to have said: “It's been great to be involved and great for the manager to show a vote of confidence in me to pick me
for this friendly"
"It's great to be in the position I am now where I am still involved in the England squad even though I am not playing regularly and for the manager to show huge faith me.”
"If you are not starting but you are good enough, the manager will pick you. That is the great thing about the manager.”
"If he believes in you and he believes you are good enough, whether you are starting for your club or not, you will get your opportunity.”
Sturridge was rather impressive for Chelsea in their Capital One Cup game against Manchester United earlier in the season, and the confidence and ability that he displayed in the game, made many wonder why he wasn’t given more opportunities at Chelsea.
Nonetheless, despite him not being http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s first choice, it appears as though Hodgson feels that there is a lot more to come from the twenty three year old forward, which is why he keeps calling him up to the national team.
It is now a wait to see how Sturridge performs against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 on Wednesday.
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