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Liverpool's Ayre: We rejected Arsenal bid for Suarez, we want to keep him

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre has revealed that the club has rejected an offer from Arsenal for Luis Suarez.

The Gunners made a £30million bid for the Uruguayan last week and reports suggested they returned with a £35m proposal.

But Ayre said that any offering from Arsenal has been turned away with Suarez set to link up with the Reds for pre-season training as normal.

"We had an offer which is fairly public from Arsenal," Ayre told Bloomberg. "We said no to that offer, and as far as we're concerned he turns up for training when he's due back. And we'll move forward on that basis.

"I've heard him say it would great to have an opportunity to play for Arsenal and likewise Real Madrid. But he certainly hasn't called me up and said he wants to leave.

"We get offers for lots of our players at different times. Unless we get to a situation where that player absolutely doesn't want to be here and we don't want him to be here then that's a different kettle of fish.

"Right now we'd love to see Luis put on a Liverpool shirt for this season and beyond and we hope that once he gets back things will settle down."

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