Suarez Undermines Club's Dignity - Rodgers

[Folami David]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said striker Luis Suarez has gone against the values of the club after he publicly accused Rodgers of not honouring a promise to allow him to leave.
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Suarez, who is being chased by Premier League rivals Arsenal, said in a newspaper interview that Rodgers had given his word that the Uruguayan would be sold if Liverpool did not qualify for the Champions League.
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"My conversations with players will always remain private. I'll never disclose any conversation between a player and I," Rodgers told a news conference in Oslo after his side's 4-1 friendly victory over Valerenga.
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"In terms of the remarks that were made, this is a football club that has always worked a certain way.
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"The Liverpool way is all about a club with ambition, a club that strives to be the very best, a club that is about commitment - that means that everyone is committed to the cause of fighting for the shirt.
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"It's also about dignity and being dignified in how you speak about the club, on and off the field, it's about unity.
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"Those are the four values that run through my mind when I think about Liverpool. Those are the values we will always retain. If anyone steps outside of that standard, I will deal with it. That's something that we'll do."
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Suarez's future has been under scrutiny since the end of the season in which he scored 29 goals in all competitions.
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Arsenal offered just over 40 million pounds ($62.07 million) for the striker, although Liverpool have maintained that Suarez is not for sale.
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Suarez's stand-off with the club has overshadowed an encouraging pre-season for Liverpool, who have won six out of six friendlies, but Rodgers said the striker's situation would not effect the club's preparations.
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"There will never be any player or person bigger than the club," Rodgers said.
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"Professionally, Luis Suarez has given me everything since I came into the football club, but there is obviously a way in which you have to speak."
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Suarez, who did not play in Oslo because of injury, said he might even approach the Premier League.
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"Liverpool is a club with a reputation for doing things the right way, I just want them to abide by the promises made last season," Suarez, who is desperate to play in the Champions League, said in the Daily Telegrpah.
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"I have the club's word and we have the written contract and we are happy to take this to the Premier League for them to decide the case but I do not want it to come to that."

[Shola Sholaz]

I think Liverpool's coach is taking the whole thing too far. Let the player go if he wants to go....It is never by force!