Liverpool say Suarez will stay

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre says the club are certain striker Luis Suarez will remain at Anfield. The 26-year-old is reported to have said he would consider leaving the club if a team playing in the Champions League were interested in his services. Continue reading the main story “There will always be instances, particularly leading up to the summer, where people are quoted or asked these questions” Ian Ayre But Ayre, asked whether he was 100% confident of keeping hold of t player, replied: "Yes, absolutely." Ayre told BBC Radio 5 live comments attributed to the Uruguayan "may have been a bit lost in translation". He later told BBC Breakfast: "We love Luis being at Liverpool, he loves being at Liverpool and we fully expect him to be at Liverpool next season." Suarez signed for Liverpool from Ajax for £22.7m in January 2011 and has scored 29 goals for the club this campaign. But he is yet to play in the Champions League for the Reds and qualification for the tournament again looks unlikely this season. Suarez is reported to have told a Uruguayan newspaper: "If another team comes around with more prospects of competing in international club competition games, which is willing to have [me], they are welcome. "We would talk to the club, and we would see if I want to go [or] if I don't want to go." But Ayre responded: "He has a four-year contract. We hope he will see it through." Suarez, who signed a new deal in the summer, has been a controversial figure in the Premier League since his arrival.