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Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s iconic win over Barcelona, Fowler claimed that Reds supporters show the Uruguayan too much love considering the way he left the club.

“I really do because he left Liverpool and people were saying he can go play for Barcelona etc, but it was the way he left Liverpool, he actually wanted to move to Arsenal.

He only started playing well because he wanted to leave.

With that being said, Suarez could have actually ended up playing for the Gunners in 2013, if it wasn’t for Arsenal’s notoriously cheeky £40,000,001 bid which scuppered any possible negotiations.

Suarez spoke on his possible Arsenal move in 2021, telling UEFA.com he wanted to leave Liverpool for Champions League football.

“Back then, I had opportunities to sign for other clubs who were getting in contact with me, but he phoned me when I was in Uruguay on holiday, to tell me that he had another way of thinking, that he wanted to change the club and its philosophy, that he wanted the club to get back in the Champions League and fight to win big trophies, that he was going to make the team play great football.

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“He asked me to believe and trust him.

I liked his conviction, the philosophy he wanted to implement at the club, so I talked to my agent and the club to say that I didn’t want to leave, that I wanted another opportunity to be successful at Liverpool.

“That year wasn’t as good as we wanted, but ideas were already pretty clear.

So then the 2012-13 season goes by, and I wanted to sign for Arsenal, since Arsenal had played in the Champions League every season prior to that.”


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