Club expect Suarez to honour his contract at Anfield.
Liverpool have released a statement saying wantaway striker Luis Suarez is not for sale.
On Friday, the forward told a press conference in his native Uruguay that he wanted to leave Anfield but the club have reacted quickly, insisting that they expect the 26-year-old to see out the remaining five years of his contract.
“Luis Suarez is not for sale – neither Luis or his representatives have communicated these feelings directly to Liverpool Football Club,” said a spokesperson.
“The Club remains supportive of Luis and expect him to honour his contract.
“We will not be making any further comment at this stage.”
Earlier Real Madrid target Suarez had revealed that he wants to leave Merseyside and blamed the British media.
“It is a difficult moment for me. My coach and my colleagues know that they [the media] didn’t treat me well. Because of the paparazzi I could not go in my garden, I could not go to the supermarket.
My reason for leaving is not the money. It’s my family and image. I don’t feel comfortable here anymore.”
“It’s a good moment for a change of environment because of all I’ve been through in England, where I haven’t been judged as a player but based on other things. I had a hard time, very hard, in the things that have been said are lies.
“One has limits and the family also suffers. They treated me bad and it would be understandable if one day I go to my club [and the media are waiting for him] but I cannot walk my baby – the paparazzi are always there.
“My family, my image – that’s what matters to me most. The coach and some colleagues know that I suffered, I was treated badly and I did not feel comfortable and they know perfectly.
“It’s nothing against Liverpool, on the contrary, I feel very comfortable at the club, but I have a daughter and I do not want to hear bad things about her father. In England they talk about many things and in some ways I feel uncomfortable. I do not know when I’m going and I do not know if I’m staying.
“If I stay it is because it is a great club but also in turn I know that it is difficult because of the harassment I get from the press.”
Suarez has scored 51 goals for Liverpool, including 23 in the Premier League this season, since arriving from Ajax in 2010 but his time in England has been plagued by controversy.
Despite having never been shown a red card, Suarez has been banned for 14 of 119 Liverpool games since signing, having been found guilty of both racially abusing Man United Patrice Evra and biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.
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