Rodgers: Suarez going nowhere

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers maintains they have no intention of selling Luis Suarez to Arsenal, despite the striker stepping up his campaign to force a move.After weeks of speculation over the 26-year-old's intentions, which began earlier in the summer when he publicly admitted he could not turn down an approach from Real Madrid, the Uruguay international has threatened to submit a transfer request by the end of the week.He believes the club have reneged on an agreement to allow him to join a Champions League club after rejecting two bids from Arsenal, the second amounting to £40,000,001 in an attempt to activate a clause they believed - apparently mistakenly - would force the Reds to sell.However, Rodgers appears to have no intention of letting Suarez join the Gunners, although he has admitted every player does have a market value."We have no intention of selling one of the top players in the world to one of our rivals," said the Northern Irishman. "The message is very clear: Luis Suarez is very much a Liverpool player."Rodgers, speaking just hours before Suarez gave an interview complaining of broken promises by the Merseysiders, added: "We've obviously had a couple of bids from one club that has been nowhere near the valuation."I repeat - nowhere near the valuation of what he is worth in this market. There's no change to that. It's the same with any of our players - we're very much a team that's trying to build and go forward. For that, we want to keep our best players."There's not even really a discussion point, unless someone comes within anywhere near the valuation of Luis. At this present time, that's not the case."Suarez is adamant he should be allowed to leave."Last year I had the opportunity to move to a big European club and I stayed on the understanding that if we failed to qualify for the Champions League the following season I'd be allowed to go," he told the Daily Telegraph and Guardian.

Source: PA