Daniel Sturridge: Jurgen Klopp has no plans to sell Liverpool striker

Daniel Sturridge (right) has scored four EFL Cup goals this season

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted striker Daniel Sturridge is not for sale.

After struggling for first-team football, the England international has been linked with a January move to Premier League rivals West Ham.

Sturridge has yet to score in his nine top-flight appearances this season, of which only four have been starts.

"There is absolutely no thought to sell any player from the first-team squad," said Klopp.

"I don't think it would make sense."

The 27-year-old forward has scored four goals in the EFL Cup and two for England, but is sidelined with a calf injury and will miss the Reds' trip to Bournemouth on Sunday.

"Unfortunately Daniel is not in training now and that is what I am more concerned about than any transfer rumours," Klopp added.

"But I am prepared for everything you could ask me in January."