Brendan Rodgers would sell Luis Suarez if the price was right

RENDAN RODGERS expects Luis Suarez to remain at Liverpool - but has not ruled out the possibility of selling at the right price.

Luis Suarez has made no secret of his desire to leave Liverpool

Suarez has said he wants to leave Liverpool to play in Spain, blaming the British media for making his life impossible in England.

Arsenal have made a £30m bid for the striker, that was turned down, while Real Madrid have also shown interest.

But despite speculation over his future, the 26-year-old has joined up with his team mates in Australia for Wednesday's pre-season match against Melbourne Victory.

Asked whether he expect Suarez to stay, Rodgers said: "Yes, very much so.

Rodgers believes Suarez will stay

"He's a player that obviously is talked about and there's been a been a lot of speculation over the course of the off-season.

"But the reality is that he's a player that's very much valued at Liverpool.

"Unless there's any sort of offer that comes in which is anywhere near his value, then there's nothing to consider - and we haven't had that.

"So at the moment, in this present moment in time, he's back in, he's reported as he should do for training at the right time.

Suarez has reported back for pre-season training

“He's had a good rest and he's now looking forward to getting fit with the rest of his team”

Brendan Rodgers on Suarez

"He's had a good rest and he's now looking forward to getting fit with the rest of his team."

Suarez arrived in Australia ahead of his team-mates, who beat an Indonesian XI 2-0 in Jakarta on Saturday night, after being given time off to recover from the Confederations Cup.

Rodgers said he was in "great spirits" and could feature in Wednesday's match against Victory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where a massive crowd of over 90,000 is expected.

The coach had yet to sit down for a mooted chat with Suarez to gauge the striker's thoughts, however.

Suarez had been given extra time off due to his Confederations Cup commitments with Uruguay

Rodgers added: "I haven't had it yet - we only arrived late last night.

"He was obviously here earlier coming from a different part of the world but as we've always been as a club and certainly as a manager and a coach I'm quite relaxed about it.

"Luis was out here as expected. He's an integral part of our squad. We'll chat at some stage like I do with all the players.

"He'll join training today with all the other players and over the course of these next few weeks we'll all communicate but him and I have been in regular communications throughout the summer."

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