Sunday, 17th August, 2014
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has dubbed Luis Suarez a "friend of Liverpool" and revealed the striker sent his old manager a good luck text message before today's Premier League clash against Southampton.
Rodgers' Reds beat the Saints 2-1 to start their Premier League campaign on a positive note and the Northern Irishman revealed post-match that Suarez had been hoping for the best for his former team-mates.
"He sent us a lovely text this morning wishing us all the best and that we start strong. It was a great gesture", he told his post-match press conference.
"He's a friend of Liverpool now. But we look forward. We're bigger than any one single player."
Suarez was sold to Barcelona for £75m earlier this summer and is currently banned for four months due to biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
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The striker is allowed to train with his new team-mates however and participate in friendly matches.
He is expected to play for Barcelona in tomorrow night's Joan Gamper Trophy against Club Leon.
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