Luis Suárez

[Mostar]

Please LFC just do it

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/mar/18/luis-suarez-contract-stay-liverpool

Luis Suárez is ready to sign a new contract and stay at Liverpool

Luis Suárez is keen to stay with Liverpool despite mounting speculation over his future in English football. The Uruguay striker, who has courted controversy since signing from Ajax in January 2011, recently served an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and has been linked with a move Paris St-Germain.

"I want to stay. Despite everything that happened, I am very happy here, on and off the pitch," Suárez told ovaciondigital.com. "Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in Europe, with a history. As a child I saw them play and loved it. And the club are happy with me and want me to stay.

"I have a contract until 2016 and already want to renew. The manager remains confident in me and that is very important, especially after being out for eight games."

Suárez compounded his racism charge by refusing to shake Evra's hand before Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to United at Old Trafford on 11 February, and the 25-year-old admits he still harbours a sense of injustice over his treatment at the hands of the Football Association.

"In the case of suspension of eight games I think I was a victim," he said. "What hurts me most is that I was in court and there was no concrete evidence. It was just my word against another player and they believed him. That hurt a lot. I do not think I deserve to be treated like I was treated."

Despite being prolific during his time in Holland, Suárez first came to wider attention at the 2010 World Cup when his handball on the goalline against Ghana ultimately was pivotal in Uruguay booking their place in the semi-finals at the expense of the African nation.

It was an action for which Suárez was widely criticised, but he says both that incident and his clash with Evra are moments that he refuses to dwell on. "Obviously, if you read on the internet and newspapers, you think I'm going through something very difficult, but the truth is that I'm fine," he said. "It's similar to what happened with my hand in the World Cup. But these things happen in football. Some day they will be anecdotes and I try to forget them today."

[Gibbo]

Do it, do it right now.

[Roboklopp]

Aye. And get his mate Cavani to keep him company.

[Reece]

Positive words from Luis

[Mostar]

Aye. And get his mate Cavani to keep him company.

We don't want him to be alone and unhappy. Better yet lets sign Ramirez too

[Exiled_red]

Good to hear

[sean_lfc]

Suarez, ****ing dynamite player! The way he backs in and runs straight at defenders! He's got that spark of unpredictability, I ****ing love him!

[Assassin]

Suarez, ****ing dynamite player! The way he backs in and runs straight at defenders! He's got that spark of unpredictability, I ****ing love him!

I would have expected a bigger "Love him" rant than this from you

[Darkon]

Great goal today

[Fredo]

[McDermotX]

“Despite of what happened, I am happy here; I want to stay”



Luis Suárez –In Liverpool, an interview with Silvia Pérez –EL PAIS, Montevideo

“Hey, please know that about the Evra issue I am not allowed to speak,” made clear Luis Suárez yesterday at the Liverpool training complex in Melwood. “Only after the end of the season I will give two interviews to Uruguayan newspapers, and two to Spanish ones; I might also speak with a local newspaper here, in Liverpool, which always supported me,” he went on explaining, with his voice affected by a cold that did not prevent him to train, after the interview, in view of the Stoke City match.

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- How’s your life going in England? In Uruguay people believe it must be hell.
- Not at all. Obviously, if you go to Internet and read the tabloids, you might think I am going through something terribly difficult, but to be honest, I feel great. Many things have been said here, but I never wanted to read or hear what was being said. It is the same case as when you are about to be transferred; if you start hearing all that is said then, you get crazy. In truth, I would only read what was being published in Uruguay, but nothing from here; and to stay away from the public dimension of the issue was the best decision. I devoted myself to the club, and I kept doing as usual, and forgot about the rest. My fellow players were surprised, they used to tell me they were seeing me acting as if nothing had happened; and their support was also great for me.

- It’s been a little over a year you arrived here. What was the most difficult for you in terms of adapting to England?
- To drive on the left! (laughs). The first week was very complicated, but there is no solution, you got to adapt to it. I thought that coming to such a different country was going to be very hard, but it was not so. I keep living with my family as I used to live in Holland: away from the people and keeping the same routines.

- Could you imagine you would be involved in an issue like this, and that the whole world would be commenting on it?
- Obviously not. It is akin to the incident with my handball during the World Cup. I would like the people to remember me because of how I contribute to my team and my goals, and not because of media issues. But these are things that just happen in football, and one day they will be just anechdotes. For the time being, I try to forget about them.

- Some British people consider you a victim of the situation, while others think you are guilty. How do you feel about it?
- Regarding the eight games ban, I believe I was a victim, to some extent. What hurts me more is that I was at the trial, and there was no concrete proof. It simply was my word against the other player’s, and he was the one they believed. That hurt me so much! There were days I would wake up at 6 to go to Manchester for the trial and I wouldn’t make it back home until 8 pm. That was a complicated moment. The rest of it are just football issues, and there will be people thinking one way, and others thinking in a different direction; but I have already played in other countries, there’s lots of people who know me, and I have already showed how I am. I think I don’t deserve to be treated as I was.

- After so many troubles there should’ve been great to meet the rest of the National team, right?
- Great, yes. Apart from my family, they were the ones who always supported me. They came out to the press to declare in my support, despite of all that was being said. That was very important to me. Neither them nor Tabárez had any doubts regarding the kind of person I am. That gave me a lot of peace, especially because our national team image is so important nowadays.

- What did Tabárez tell you in the conversation I know you both had?
- We spoke about all that happened, since up to then he only knew whatever the people was saying. He wanted to know what had exactly happened. He asked me how did I feel in terms of my emotions, and I told him to take it easy, that I was just fine. I try to do as if nothing happened, but sometimes it is difficult for me. I am a human being and I had my sufferings. For instance if sometime I was bored and I would enter the internet, I would need to close it on the spot, since it was “Suarez this, Suarez that” all over the place. I am happy I have my daughter and my wife and Sebastián (Coates) and his girlfriend, since all of them were a great source of support to me. I told Tabárez that what happened was not reason enough for me to give up, since I am conscious that I have to go on fighting for the club and for our national team. So he brought me before the whole national team group of players, and before them he said that he trusted me. He said that, no matter what people might say about me, he was “bullet proof”, because he knew who I was. That was the phrase he used before my fellow players in the national team.

- Are you staying in Liverpool or do you feel that a change in airs woud be good?
- I want to stay. Despite of what happened, I am very happy here, both inside and outside the pitch. Liverpool is one of the greatest teams in Europe, a historical one. When I was a kid I would watch Liverpool playing and I would love the team. And in the club they are happy with me and they want me to stay. They know that what happened was not football-related, and that it is already forgotten. I have a contract until 2016 and they already want me to renew it. The manager keeps trusting me and that is very important. Especially after having been eight games out.

- Talking about Dalglish, it is clear he loves you very much since he has defended you so fiercely. Tell us about your relationship with him.
- He tries to speak Spanish with me, he asks me how do I feel, how is my family doing. Or whether I saw some particular game and what do I think about some particular player. These are details that I believe are great. Especially since here you don’t normally have these kinds of conversations with the manager. That boasts my confidence.

- You already won a trophy with LFC. How do you assess LFC football perspectives for the future?
- There’s only been a year ever since I arrived and I already won a trophy, which is a very difficult thing to achieve in England. The team is undergoing a process of adaptation, since this year we have six or seven new players. We have been average in the league, but if we keep going our way we will make it to Champions next year without a doubt.

- It seems you are playing in a different role lately. You create more goals than you make yourself.
- The important thing is to help the team. When as a striker you are not at a goal rush, you got to try other things. It is obvious that I always want to finish, but I also like to create chances for others. This is for those who say I play too lonely up there. From outside the pitch things are seen differently. Sometimes we start with three strikers, but the Premier is really difficult.

- Let’s go back to the national team. Do you think you will be able to sustain the current level of playing, that has made all of us so proud?
- Let’s hope I can. It was very difficult to keep the process going in order to achieve the stability we enjoy now. Now we won the respect of everyone. Other teams respect us the same we did respect them before. We have no fear to play anyone anymore. We know each other by heart with the other players in the team, but you got to keep your feet on the ground, because we know that the qualifiers in South America are incredibly long and difficult. The two matches we have in June are going to be really important to gain some advantage in that respect.

- There’s only three months until we have to play the Olympic Games, and they will happen precisely in the country where you are playing now. Would you like to be part of the team?
- I fancy myself with being there, like all my fellow players. We all want to be there, but the decision corresponds both to Tabárez and my club. If we had to play the Champions, it would’ve been very unlikely my club would’ve allowed me to go, but now that possibility seems to be quite remote. The Premier starts in mid August, so I don’t know whether they would allow me to go or not. I have not spoke about this with the club, since Tabárez has not asked me yet to do so. What I already told him is that here, I play at home (laughs).


WONDERFUL: “To play in the Olympic Games with Uruguay would be unbelievable. I already played Copa América and World Cup, but not the Games yet. It’d be wonderful. Awesome!!”

TRAIN: “Wednesday I took the train to London just to give some company to Cavani’s wife and their son Bautista, but I couldn’t stay for the game Chelsea-Napoli”

SUFFERING: “The one who suffered the most with the Evra case was my wife Sofía. I would ask her not to read anything else… I told her it was worse to read!”

Bit different than him wanting to renew as per the paper's article, but translations are involved I suppose.

[Gibbo]

I love him.

Hope he doesn't play in the Olympics though, guy needs a summer off!

[McDermotX]

I love him.

Hope he doesn't play in the Olympics though, guy needs a summer off!

Yeah.....that's a bit annoying alright, but if he wants to play, he wants to play

[Craig_H]

"I want to stay. Despite everything that happened, I am very happy here, on and off the pitch," Suárez told ovaciondigital.com. "Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in Europe, with a history. As a child I saw them play and loved it. And the club are happy with me and want me to stay.

"I have a contract until 2016 and already want to renew. The manager remains confident in me and that is very important, especially after being out for eight games."

Get it done Comolli. New contract to 2026

[Chris]

I hope the club **** any Olympics thing off. This is his only chance of a proper break for years and he needs his pre season with us.