Soccer Players: What should Sturridge do?

After having proved that he can go out onto the pitch and perform at Premier League level week in, week out at Bolton, and having already left Manchester City, even after they had been taken over and had increased the players' wages astronomically, young striker Daniel Sturridge now needs to decide what the best move is for him to make over the coming months for his career to keep up the impressive momentum it is currently enjoying. Those who follow the football online betting will know just how good he was at Bolton, but he faces some hard choices.

Bolton are desperate for the youngster return next season, but Arsenal's Jack Wilshere enjoyed a similarly impressive loan spell at Bolton before returning to his parent club and becoming one of the best players in the Gunners' starting 11 and Sturridge will be wondering if he can do the same. The Chelsea man now needs to make a tough call by deciding whether he wants to fight it out for a first team place and risk becoming a benchwarmer for a while, or instead go back out on loan until next January at the earliest and then come back and battle for his place with more experience under his belt. Those following the Champions League odds will wonder if he really has what it takes to cut it at the highest level just yet.

Should Sturridge decide that he wants to remain on loan at Bolton after a fantastic few months there, he would do well to remain mindful of the example set by the once widely heralded Michael Mancienne who, after three seasons on loan from Chelsea, finally left the club after hardly ever getting a start at Stamford Bridge and never really finding himself taken seriously by them.

If this is the path that he fears he may follow, surely young Sturridge should try to find a permanent club as soon as possible, rather than just becoming attached to a club for a few years before leaving for pastures new.

Whatever his eventual decision, Sturridge knows that next season could well turn out to be make or break as far as his long-term career in England goes.