Fan support may keep Suarez at Liverpool
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, August 15, 2013
The love of Liverpool fans appears to have persuaded Luis Suarez to stay at Anfield, according to comments made by the controversial striker to a Uruguayan newspaper.
"For now, given all the affection of the people, I'll be staying," Suarez told El Observador yesterday from Tokyo, where he is on international duty with Uruguay for a friendly against Japan.
The paper also quoted a Uruguayan journalist who tweeted that Suarez had told him he was staying at Anfield.
"Luis Suarez confirmed to me he won't leave Liverpool. The support of the fans in recent weeks influenced the decision," journalist Martin Charquero wrote on his feed. He added that Suarez would seek "a probable renewal of the contract that ties him to Liverpool".
Last weekend, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers told Suarez that he must apologize to the club and supporters if he wanted to mend relations with them and be welcomed back into the squad.
Rodgers has made Suarez train alone after the Uruguayan sought a move away from Anfield on the grounds that the Reds had failed to qualify for the Champions League.
Liverpool turned down a 40 million and one pound (US$62 million) offer from English Premier League rival Arsenal after Suarez said he wanted an "amicable agreement" to leave Anfield, thinking any bid over 40 million would trigger a release clause in his contract.
On Tuesday, captain Steven Gerrard said he would hate to see Suarez leave and was confident that he would not be joining another English club.
Suarez has scored 51 goals in 96 games for Liverpool after joining from Dutch giant Ajax Amsterdam in January 2011.
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