Carragher alarmed at Suarez stance

10 August 2013 10:49

Jamie Carragher believes it is laughable for his old Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez to be complaining about the club's reluctance to sell him.

Suarez claims the club agreed to let him leave Anfield if Liverpool failed to qualify for this season's Champions League.

The club refute that, and while Carragher claims the Uruguayan is "too good" for both Liverpool and Arsenal, and better suited to the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, he expects greater loyalty from the striker.

Carragher said in his Daily Mail column: "It didn't surprise me that Brendan Rodgers has made him train on his own. I never thought Luis would down tools in the way Fernando Torres did when he wanted to leave Liverpool - his attitude over the final 18 months became progressively worse - but now Suarez has given me reason to think again.

"To see it come to this is very dispiriting. A lot of good people have stood by Luis since he joined the club. Rodgers and Kenny Dalglish could not have done more for him. In the darkest times, we wore T-shirts to show we were standing alongside him, even if it was ill-advised.

"So it is laughable to hear he is unhappy with Liverpool for not letting him join Arsenal."

Suarez was banned by the Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, and again towards the end of last season for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.

Despite those offences, Liverpool still want him at the club, however Carragher claims he has seen at close quarters a change in Suarez's attitude to life at Liverpool.

He said: "I took part in a training session at Melwood before Steven Gerrard's testimonial last Saturday and I was alarmed by the Luis Suarez with whom I was sharing a pitch.

"From his first day at Liverpool, I had been used to seeing a warrior who loved his football and charged around with great enthusiasm.

Source: PA