Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has told Luis Suarez that he needs to apologise to his team-mates and the Anfield faithful before he can play for the club again.

After a week that saw an increasingly irate Suarez
accuse Rodgers of breaking promises over
suggestions that he would be allowed to
leave Liverpool this summer, the Uruguayan striker
has been training on his own as his future remains
under a cloud. Now it appears Suarez has pushed his desire to leave
Liverpool a little too far, with his manager going
public to suggest his unsettled striker will need to
make the next move if he is to resume his career at
Anfield. "There are a couple of things Luis can do and initially
there will be a recognition that (there needs to be) an
apology to his team-mates and the club," Rodgers
told reporters in Dublin after his side's 1-0 defeat
against Celtic on Saturday.

"When we get that commitment back from him that
he's ready to fight as he always has done. Luis Suarez
has fought tirelessly for this club from day one so
when I see he's not the same Luis Suarez I have to
protect the fans and the players of this club because
they deserve more than that. "He has spent some days working on his own. The
group has been separate to that and working very
hard. When he returns from his international trip next
week we will take it from there." The latest twist in this increasingly fractious transfer
battle appears to have placed another obstacle in the
way of Suarez resuming his Liverpool career, yet it is
clear that he hopes Rodgers' latest comments will be
rendered meaningless if he gets a move away from
the club in the next three weeks. However, with Suarez's ambitions of a move to
Arsenal now appearing forlorn after Liverpool owner
John W Henry made it clear he would not sell his star
player to the north London club at any price, the
apology Reds boss Rodgers has called for from his
star player may have to be forthcoming in the coming weeks.