SUAREZ MUST STAY

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has suggested that it is extremely important that the club retain services of Luis Suarez amidst a lot of speculation linking the Uruguay striker with a move to Real Madrid in the January transfer window. Suarez handed a transfer request to the club in the summer after growing tired of life without Champions league football. He has stated that he remains extremely happy with Liverpool as a club, but he wants to test himself in the highest level possible and the Champions league provides an opportunity for him.

Arsenal came in with an official offer for him in the summer. Even though they are not expected to renew their interest in January, Suarez will be subjected to interest from other clubs across Europe – most notably Real Madrid. The Spanish giants are thought to be unhappy with their current striker Karim Benzema, who has been very poor in front of goal. Dalglish, who was the man behind bringing Suarez to Anfield in the January 2011, states that the club should retain the 26-year-old at all costs.

‘There will be speculation about Luis Suarez leaving the Reds. There always is. But I don’t think he’s going anywhere. He’s thriving in this Liverpool team and everyone at Anfield knows he is crucial to maintaining a challenge. It has got to the stage now where, if they buy in January, I think both might have a real chance of staying up there,’ Dalglish said.

His importance to the team has been so far proved by the eight league goals he has scored this season. He is level at the top of the goal scoring charts with Daniel Sturridge and Sergio Aguero.

The Liverpool’s non-executive director also says that his club along with Southampton have done enough to be considered as title challengers this season.

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NO BIDS ACCEPTED

The manager of Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers, has made it clear that he is not going to accept any bid for Luis Suarez at this stage of the season.

There have been some reports that Real Madrid is looking to bid for Suarez after almost securing the services of Gareth Bale. But, Rodgers’ statements suggest that the Reds are not in a mood to let the 26 years old striker go.

Suarez was on the radar of Real Madrid a couple of months back as well and the Uruguayan international was also interested in making a move to Spain, but, then, Madrid turned to Gareth Bale and Suarez seemed to be staying at Liverpool.

But, now that Madrid has almost finalized that Gareth Bale deal, they have turned their focus back to Suarez.

When asked about Real Madrid’s interest in Suarez, Rodgers said, “If we had been approached a couple of months ago, we would have thought about it, but, now, it’s too late. The season is going to start in a few days and we can’t do that at this point of time.”

“A lot of things happen in the last week of the transfer window. We are going to tackle that in a professional way. We are looking to bring in a couple of more players, but, selling somebody like Luis at this stage is not possible.”

Rodgers also made it clear that Liverpool was interested in the Brazilian winger Willian Borges da Silva, but, they couldn’t succeed in finalising that deal due to some reasons.

Rodgers said, “Willian was on our radar and we tried hard to bring him here, but, we weren’t successful.”

According to the reports, it’s Chelsea which is now planning to bid for Willian who is currently a player of Anzhi Makhachkala.

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