Luis Suarez has broken his silence over his willingness to leave Liverpool.
The unsettled striker explained that the Anfield club cannot play the loyalty card, because he was has proven his loyalty to them, when Juventus came calling.
It is understood that when Brendan Rodgers was appointed as manager, Liverpool fought out the Serie A side’s advances and offered Suarez a new deal worth £80,000 a week
“That was the moment to show my loyalty to Liverpool and I did,” he said. “They had given me my chance in England and stood up for me through my ban. I know I have made mistakes in my time here but I have apologised many times over. This is not about that. This is about the club having agreed to something both verbally and in the contract which they are now not honouring.”
The Uruguyan reiterated that he wanted to quit, simply because he believes his talents are best served in the Champions League.
“I am 26, I need to be playing in the Champions League. 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.
“They gave me their word a year ago and now I want them to honour that. It is not just something verbal with the coach but something that is written in the contract.
“I don’t think the supporters are angry, I think they understand a player when he has the ambition to triumph at the highest level. I am 26-years-old, I was a long time at Ajax without playing many games in the Champions League. I’m not going to another club to hurt Liverpool.
“I am always going to be grateful to Liverpool for everything. But I have to put my career first. People say Liverpool deserve more from me but I have scored 50 goals in less than 100 games and now I could double the money they paid for me.
“I just ask that they respect the objectives I have in my career. I don’t want things to end badly. I just want us to come to an amicable agreement according to what was agreed.”
With him now appearing to be keen on a move to Arsenal, after being initially linked with Real Madrid this summer, he stated that, “Right now the Premier League is the biggest and most important. My record shows that I am not the kind of player who wants to change clubs every season.
“I have no problem playing in England for many more years. If we are just talking about the level of the football and the way the supporters are then it is an incredible league. Any player in the world at the moment would like to play in the Premier League.”
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