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Manchester City rubbish reports of Luis Suarez bid
November 15, 2012
Manchester City have no plans to buy Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
Reports in Thursday's papers suggested the Blues are readying a bid of up to £50m for the Anfield talisman.
But a senior source at City has confirmed that there is no interest from the Etihad Stadium.
Damn.
With Liverpool languishing in 13th position, speculation is growing that manager Brendan Rodgers could be tempted to cash in on Suarez for the broader benefit of his squad.
City, meanwhile, have been linked with Atletico Madrid's Colombian striker Radamel Falcao.
At a press conference on Thursday Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers knocked the reports down.
"There will be no bidding war. He's staying here," said the Northern Irishman.
"If we lost Luis then we've got no strikers. I don't think we can afford to lose anyone.
"He's certainly not someone we want to sell or move on.
"He's been a brilliant player to work with and we want to add to our squad, not take people out of it, especially a world-class player."
Suarez only signed a new long-term contract in the summer and while Rodgers knows he needs to strengthen his forward line in January he does not believe he has to do so in order to convince the South American to stay.
"We just continue to work and stay focused on what we try to achieve," added the Reds boss.
"Luis has already shown in the summer his commitment to the club, he's signed a new deal.
"I think you've seen up until this point he's in a great moment in his footballing life here at Liverpool: he is scoring goals and working well.
"I'll just continue to communicate with all the players and Luis in particular. Like I say, he's very happy here."