Suarez: Gerrard did not let me go to Arsenal

Luis Suarez has revealed that Steven Gerrard had intervened to stop him from leaving Arsenal in the summer of 2013.

Only 18 month after moving to Liverpool from Ajax, Suarez had attempted to force the team to sell to Arsenal because the reds had failed to qualify for the Champions League.

Liverpool insisted on his decision not to sell Uruguayan to Premier League rivals, and Suarez – who eventually joined Barcelona just a year later, for a big sum of money – finds that Gerrard had persuaded him not to joined Arsenal.

“We qualified in Europa League but the season ended badly for us,” Suarez told Otro.

“I was ready to join Arsenal, I forced myself to go, but Steven came and said, ‘I promise that if you stay this year, then next year you will go to Bayern, Barcelona, ??Real Madrid or any team you want but stay this year because you will not find better than Arsenal “, Suarez revealed.

“This was my last talk with Gerrard at that moment and I told my manager that I decided to stay,” he added.