“I gave absolutely everything last season, now all I want is for Liverpool to honour our agreement"
That’s what Luis Suarez says about his desire to move from Liverpool after a couple of seasons that’s scene them stand by him despite his biting and racial abuse incidents.
Suarez says the club promised he could move if they didn’t qualify for the Champions league and the 26 year old insists it was not just a throw away promise from Manager Brendan Rodgers insisting that he has the backing of the Professional footballers association and the will go to the Premier league on the matter if they don’t let him go.
While the Uruguayan has yet to hand in a written transfer request it can’t be far away. The club and the bulk of it’s fans have stood by him despite some unsavoury incidents and poor discipline but he says he’s given them all he can as well scoring 51 goals in 96 appearances.
Suarez only signed a new long term deal with the club last summer following his involvement with Uruguay at the Olympics, the worrying things for fans is that today’s headlines have come from Suarez himself and not mere speculation. It won’t make pleasant reading for Liverpool fans but his quotes in full are bellow and this time I don’t think he’ll able to blame miscommunication or translation errors if it blows up in his face .The player misses tonight’s pre-season friendly with Valrenga but management says that’s because of a foot injury, if he is part of Saturdays Dublin decider between Liverpool and Celtic it will be interesting to see how Irish fans will react to him. You can find out how live on Newstalk Sports Saturday.
Suarez spoke to the Guardian and the Telegraph see the quotes bellow and make your own mind up
. "I gave absolutely everything last season but it was not enough to give us a top-four finish – now all I want is for Liverpool to honour our agreement."
"I have the club's word and we have the written contract and we are happy to take this to the Premier League for them to decide the case but I do not want it to come to that,"
"I don't feel betrayed [by Liverpool] but the club promised me something a year ago just as I promised them that I would stay and try everything possible to get us into the Champions League. They gave me their word a year ago and now I want them to honour that. And it is not just something verbal with the coach but something that is written in the contract. I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool."
"They defended me, just like I defended them on the pitch. The players have always supported me and I'm grateful for that. It's the same with the supporters. I got a great reception at the weekend and I am grateful. I don't think the supporters are angry – I think they understand a player when he has the ambition to triumph at the highest level. When you are at a club for as long as you are together you stick up for each other but that does not give the club the right to go back on their commitment."
"I'm 26. I need to be playing in the Champions League. I waited one year and no one can say that I did not give everything possible with my team-mates last season to get us there."
"It is not as if I am asking to move to a local rival. And I would not consider moving to a club outside the Champions League. I have made my desire to move known in private various times and now it feels like the time for me to make it public. I have to put my career first. People say Liverpool deserve more from me but I have scored 50 goals in less than 100 games and now they could double the money they paid for me.”
"Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here. [Last summer] was the moment to show my loyalty to Liverpool and I did. [Liverpool] gave me my chance in England and stood up for me throughout my ban. I know I have made mistakes in my time here but I have apologised lots of times. This is not about that. This is about the club having agreed to something both verbally and in the contract which they are now not honouring.People may accuse me of showing a lack of loyalty but last season we told Liverpool there was interest from a top European club but they told me: 'We've got a new coach and we're going to push for the Champions League.'
"I spoke with Brendan Rodgers several times and he told me: 'Stay another season, and you have my word if we don't make it then I will personally make sure that you can leave. Liverpool is a club with a reputation for doing things the right way. I just want them to abide by the promises made last season. Some of [my team-mates] say to me: 'We cannot understand that if you have it signed that you can't leave.'"
