Liverpool Transfer News: Luis Suarez Fighting To Save Reds Career

Daily Mail. Though the Uruguayan used his personal Twitter account to offer an apology to the Chelsea defender and later issued a statement through Liverpool's official website, both are unlikely to prevent him from being sold in the summer as the Premier League's leading goalscorer fights for his career at Anfield. Manager Brendan Rodgers ominously remarked yesterday that "all players can be replaced" while managing director Ian Ayre cancelled a planned trip to Australia and the Far East to deal with the incident personally. Replay footage clearly showed Suarez take hold of Ivanovic's arm and bite into it during a coming together with fifteen minutes remaining of yesterday's 2-2 draw. The incident has been widely condemned by fans and players both past and present and calls are now mounting for him to be axed by the club. This isn't the first time he has bitten an opponent. In 2011, he bit PSV Eindhoven€™s Otman Bakkal when playing for Ajax and received a seven-game ban, and was dubbed "the Cannibal of Ajax" by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. In a statement last night, Suarez said of the latest in a string of highly controversial incidents to blight his career:

"I am deeply sorry for my inexcusable behaviour earlier today during our match against Chelsea. "I have issued an apology and have tried to contact Branislav Ivanovi‡ to speak to him personally. I apologise also to my manager, playing colleagues and everyone at Liverpool Football Club for letting them down.

Then on Twitter, he continued:

"I've just spoken to Ivanovic on the phone and I could apologise directly to him. Thanks for accepting."

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers commented:

"Having reviewed the video footage and spoken to Luis, his behaviour is unacceptable and I have made him aware of this".

Watch the shocking incident in our video below... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-H4rrJQt3E