Liverpool Transfer News: Luis Suarez Wants To Quit
BBC. The 26-year-old has made no secret of his desire to play in Europe's top club competition in the past, nor his yearning to leave Merseyside, and intends to force through the issue by handing in a transfer request this week. Suarez told the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers that the Reds "promised" he could leave this summer, if they failed to qualify for the Champions League. The unsettled Uruguayan said:
"I gave absolutely everything last season. Now all I want is for Liverpool to honour our agreement. "Last year I had the opportunity to move to a big European club and I stayed on the understanding that if we failed to qualify for the Champions League the following season I'd be allowed to go."The forward has been subjected to two failed bids by Arsenal for his services, the most recent coming in at £40 million and £1. And it is that offer that the Gunners were hoping would trigger the player's £40 million release clause, though Liverpool continue to insist the clause does not force them to sell. But the Anfield club appear to be facing a losing battle to keep hold of their prized asset, and it is their absence from the Champions League - a competition they haven't contested since 2009-10 - that has finally persuaded the striker to quit. "I am 26, I need to be playing in the Champions League," Suarez continued.
"I feel I have done enough to be playing in the Champions League at this stage of my career. Now there is an option for me to do that and I want very much to take it. "I don't feel betrayed 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."Liverpool take on Valerenga in their final pre-season game before the resumption of the Premier League next weekend, and Suarez will not feature, due to the fact he requires a scan for a foot injury.