Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted Luis Suarez could be allowed to leave Anfield for the kind of massive fee Real Madrid are reportedly willing to pay for Tottenham’s Gareth Bale.
In a summer of intense speculation surrounding Suarez, the controversial Uruguay forward has made it clear he would like to move to a club playing Champions League football.
Arsenal are the only team to have tabled a bid for Suarez according to Rodgers, who confirmed that the Premier League outfit have made two offers, although neither was higher than $68.8 million.
However, Rodgers conceded Suarez has his price as the Reds boss on Saturday compared the situation to the one in which Real are apparently set to pay up to $171 million to sign Wales winger Bale.
“Every player has a valuation but you have to look at the market,” said Rodgers. “With Gareth Bale they are talking about 100 million ($171m), and Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez were arguably the two best players in the Premier League last season.
“You can’t say that Gareth Bale is valued at over 100 per cent more. We are a club with strong beliefs in what we are doing and nobody will be moving out of here.
“There is, of course, a point where you only want players who are totally 100 per cent committed to being here and I have spoken to Luis countless times over the course of the summer.
“Speculation can be difficult for players but he is back training and back working. The more he is around the group here, the more he is around the great support here, the more he will understand.”
