Luis Suarez to miss Liverpool’s opening fixture against Sunderland – EPL News
Influential Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has confirmed that striker Luis Suarez will miss the club’s first fixture of the upcoming 2011/12 Barclays Premier League campaign against Sunderland. The two clubs are set to lock horns at Anfield on August 13,
2011.
Liverpool signed the Uruguayan striker for £23 million from Ajax in the January 2011 transfer window. The 24-year-old made an immediate impact at Anfield and is now being considered as a crucial player to Dalglish’s hopes of finishing in the top four of
the Premier League standings next season.
However, Suarez’s participation in Liverpool’s upcoming league fixture in under clouds after the 24-year-old spent most of the summers on international duty.
The former Ajax striker continued his impressive club form while playing for Uruguay in Copa America. The striker was named 2011 Copa America Most Valuable Player of the tournament after he scored four crucial goals to help http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035 to win the title.
Liverpool granted Suarez extended holidays for his extraordinary contribution in Copa America and it has been confirmed that the former Ajax man will report at Merseyside club next Monday, five days before Liverpool’s starting fixture against Sunderland.
Kenny Dalglish confirmed that Suarez will not be rushed back and the Reds will determine his health condition before making any decision.
The Reds’ manager told the reporters, “Luis will be back next week and we will start thinking about him then.”
He hailed Suarez’s impressive contribution in the Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 and believes that the striker will be brimming with confidence ahead of the next Premier League campaign.
"He's had a fantastic summer as an individual and as a team player. We'll see how he is when he comes in. We can't predict how he is going to be like. But he should be pretty happy with himself and pretty confident looking forward to the start of the season,"
Dalglish concluded.
Luis Suarez, who scored four goals in 13 matches for the Reds last season, is likely to be a part of Kenny Dalglish’s squad when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 at Emirates Stadium in the second week of the 2011/12 season.
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