New Liverpool Contract Won’t See Off Suso Interest as Three Italian Clubs Start Tracking Spaniard

Friday, 19th October, 2012

Despite Spanish midfielder Suso being set to sign a new long term contract with Liverpool, the 18-year-old is still picking up admirers.

According to the well-connected Calcio Mercato, three Serie A sides have now placed Suso firmly on their watch list and are ready, given the slightest hint that he may be open to a move, to make a bid for his services.

relatedNewsStoryThese teams are Fiorentina, Genoa and Roma.

Suso has already attracted interest from his homeland, where Atletico Madrid have been mooted as keeping tabs on his progress at Anfield, while Real Madrid, the club he was all set to sign for before a personal intervention from then-Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, have also not lost sight of the starlet.

Liverpool though have offered the Cadiz youth product a new deal which he looks set to sign, with manager Brendan Rodgers insisting the contract is an indication of just how highly Suso is rated by the Reds and how happy he is on Merseyside.

"He will sign a new contract later which shows our commitment to him and shows he is very happy here and feels he has hope, which is important", said the Northern Irishman.

Rodgers handed Suso his senior Liverpool bow this season, with the Spaniard’s debut coming in the Europa League against Swiss side Young Boys.

He got his first taste of the Premier League soon after, when being brought on against Manchester United at Anfield.

Suso helped Spain’s Under-19s to win this summer’s European Under-19 Championship in Estonia and is rated as an extremely promising player by both club and country.