Liverpool must do everything to fix Luis Suárez situation, says Rodgers

Suárez has made it clear he wants to leave to play Champions League football. Last season's current top-scorer has been made to train away from the first team by the manager until he apologises publicly and privately for his recent conduct, a move he is highly unlikely to make.

Rodgers reiterated that he would not soften his stance until the club could be guaranteed his undivided commitment, but did suggest the relationship is not beyond repair. "It is something that we have to do everything we can to fix," the manager told the club's official website.

"If we have got to sit and wait, then so be it. But this is a club that has got great values, and we hope that the situation can be resolved amicably, and I am sure it will be. There has been a lot said and a lot reported, and we have made a stance, as a club and as a manager, of the commitment and the standards required. If you don't have that commitment and those standards then you won't play. It's as simple as that, Kazinform cites the Guardian.

"There's no problem between me and him, it is quite calm. But obviously I have got to respect the club and the team. It doesn't matter who you are, if they're not pulling their weight then they are letting down the club, the city and everyone who has stood by them. So until I get that assurance that we are going to get nothing but 100% commitment, then there will be no solution."