"If you don't have that commitment, then you won't play" - Brendan Rodgers on Suarez

Luis Suarez

According to reports from Skysports, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has made it clear that there is no solution to the Suarez issue unless the striker tenders an apology. Suarez is desperately looking for a move outside Liverpool, and Arsenal seems like the likely destination.

Liverpool are not keen on selling the striker and the apparent standoff between player and club has left him training alone over disciplinary issues.

Manager Brendan Rodgers, who was clearly unhappy, told the club website: “It is something that we have to do everything we can to fix.

“There has been a lot said and a lot reported, and we have made a stance, as a club and as a manager, of the commitment and the standards required.

“If you don’t have that commitment, and those standards, then you won’t play. It’s as simple as that.

“If we have got to sit and wait, then so be it. But this is a club that has got great values, and we hope that the situation can be resolved amicably, and I am sure it will be.

“There’s no problem between me and him, it is quite calm. But obviously I have got to respect the club and the team.

“It doesn’t matter who you are, if they’re not pulling their weight then they are letting down the club, the city and everyone who has stood by them.

“So until I get that assurance that we are going to get nothing but 100% commitment, then there will be no solution.”