Brendan Rogers has decided not to speak about Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez

Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers has decided not to speak about Luis Suarez until September, when the striker’s 10 match-suspension gets over.

Rodgers mentioned that speaking about Suarez will be of no use as the club is determined not to sell the striker. Suarez topic may spoil the focus of other players of the club.

He said to The Guardian: “There’s too much good work gone on here for it to be overtaken by anything else. The players have worked so hard, their concentration has been brilliant and we are all very determined this year. I can’t let anything detract from that. Nothing can sabotage what we are trying to do. I don’t really want to go on about it. It’s just something we cannot afford to happen.”

Suárez had denied reports that he intends to stay at Liverpool and had not given up on joining a team in the Champions League. Arsenal had made a bid worth £40,000,001 which was rejected by Liverpool.

Speaking about Suarez, Rogers said: “It is very simple on Luis. So much has been written and said about Luis over the last few months but, from our perspective, there has been a standpoint within the club about where it’s at and that hasn’t changed.

“What I want to concentrate on is the players who are available for this weekend’s game [at home to Stoke City] so I won’t be speaking any more about Luis Suárez until he’s available. Out of respect for the players who have worked so hard over the course of these last few months I don’t want to answer any more on Luis Suárez.

“There’s nothing to be said that hasn’t already been said. I’m sure people are fed up listening and reading about it. My only concentration is the players who are available. They’ve worked tirelessly and purely out of respect for them and the work that has gone on, I only want to talk about them.”