Mata, a name that chelsea fans can't let go of, made everyone feel unhappy when he left. However, in addition to Mata, there is also a top scorer who won two important Premier League and FA Cup titles for the team in the first season, and then became the Champions League champions with the team, showing unlimited potential during the period. Unfortunately, the similarity with Mata's situation, after the change of coach, the status is much worse than before, coupled with the failure to play the desired center position, and eventually indirectly caused his departure, the protagonist of this article is Daniel Sturridge, who is currently playing in the Australian Premier League.
Daniel Sturridge came from a family of footballers, and his father and two uncles were both professional footballers. Daniel Sturridge studied at aston Villa before joining City's youth at the age of 13, not only playing for The Manchester City first team, but also being voted the best young player in the team, but returning to free play in the summer of 2009 due to his refusal to renew his contract with Manchester City.
In July 2009, Chelsea signed Daniel Sturridge for four years, becoming the "successor" of Drogba and Anelka under new manager Carlo Ancelotti, and was given the opportunity to play for Chelsea in the second round of the Premier League. The FA Cup became the stage for Daniel Sturridge to perform, scoring four goals and helping the team advance to the final. In the final against Portsmouth, there were also substitutes to help the team win the FA Cup by one goal. Daniel Sturridge also scored a goal in a 7-0 win over Stoke City, helping the team to a record-breaking Premier League title and becoming the treble with the FA Cup and Community Shield.
In the 2010/11 season, in the pre-season Community Shield tournament, because many of the main players failed to enter the big list after the World Cup, Ancelotti boldly placed Daniel Sturridge in the right wing position, although the team eventually lost 1-3 to Manchester United, but Daniel Sturridge 'back foot' performance on the right wing was well received, and even praised as robben's shadow, so that Daniel Sturridge was arranged to be on the right wing from time to time. Daniel Sturridge scored his first and second Champions League goals in the season to help the team qualify for the first place, but unfortunately, the introduction of Torres in the winter transfer window compressed Daniel Sturridge's playing space, so the same transfer window was lent to Bolton, resulting in Bolton scoring goals in the first four matches, the sixth player in Premier League history to achieve this achievement. In the end, Daniel Sturridge scored eight goals in twelve games for Bolton, enough to prove his ability to stand in the Premier League, and Daniel Sturridge's performance also attracted Chelsea's new boss Boas to recycle Daniel Sturridge.
In the 2011/12 season, Boas was mainly attacked by Mata and Daniel Sturridge and Torres. Daniel Sturridge scored in the opening match of his return, helping the team to beat Sunderland 2-1 and then scoring in four consecutive games. Unfortunately, the team's record was average, the Champions League was on the verge of being out, and the Premier League ranking fell out of the top four, so Boas was sacked and taken over by his deputy Di Matteo. Di Matteo relied on players such as Lampard, Salomon Kalu and Mikel John in the future, and Daniel Sturridge became a "victim" and lost his starting position. Although di Matteo did not have much improvement in the league record after taking office, the Champions League and the FA Cup both soared and eventually won the championship, but Daniel Sturridge did not get sent in the two finals. Daniel Sturridge scored twelve goals throughout the season and was tied with Lampard for eleven goals as the team's premier league top scorer.
In the 2012/13 season, Daniel Sturridge scored against fierce opponents such as Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, but unfortunately, with the dismissal of Di Matteo, Daniel Sturridge was plagued by various injuries of all sizes after taking office, and was not reused after coming out, so in January 2013, Daniel Sturridge officially transferred to Liverpool.
After Daniel Sturridge joined Liverpool, he teamed up with Suarez and Gerrard in the 2013/14 season to attack the Premier League title, although it was a failure, daniel Sturridge scored twenty-one goals in the Premier League this season, and in recent years, only Diego Costa has been able to score twenty Premier League goals in Chelsea. In the 2018/19 season, Chelsea was also forced to draw by Daniel Sturridge's "World Wave" in stoppage time. Since 2011, Daniel Sturridge has been selected for the national team, when Chelsea's Three Lions "regulars" have Lampard, Terry and Ashley Cole, but Daniel Sturridge is the only young force among them, so after Chelsea abandoned Daniel Sturridge, the three veterans have faded out of the national team, and Chelsea has fallen into a situation of youth. In recent years, Daniel Sturridge has been involved in gambling due to injuries and violations of the rules, and has faded out of the four major leagues at the age of twenty-nine.