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Liverpool manager backs Suarez over Ayre comments

28 September 2013 - 07:16

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has backed Luis Suarez and managing director Ian Ayre after the Liverpool chief admitted Suarez had damaged the club's brand around Europe.

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Rodgers has been quick to defend Suarez when asked about Ayre's comments by reporters.<br />

"I&rsquo;ve seen the coverage of it, and it was very, very unfair on Ian, with all due respect, because he wasn&rsquo;t talking about Luis Suarez -- he was talking more about the coverage as a whole," said Rodgers.<br />

"It&rsquo;s all behind us. We really need to focus on the now, and the future. The most important thing is that he&rsquo;s available. I don&rsquo;t think anyone wants to keep regurgitating that stuff all the time.<br />

"It&rsquo;s something that&rsquo;s very much in the past. Ian&rsquo;s comments were very much about the coverage it had generated.&nbsp;So we&rsquo;re looking forward, and that&rsquo;s my only interest as a manager."

Written by Ketan Patel