Luis Suarez happy to stay at Liverpool for 'many years'

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has said
he is very happy at the club and
wants to stay at Anfield for many
years.
The 25-year-old has been linked with a
January move to Manchester City.
But he told Liverpool's website: "It's
about enjoying myself and trying to be
here for as many years as I can.
"I'm at a club where I'm very happy, my
family is happy, I've got fantastic team-
mates and a manager from whom I'm
learning so much. I'm at a club where
I've always wanted to be."
The Uruguay international signed a new
deal at the Anfield club in the summer.
He has been in good form so far this
season, scoring 11 goals in 16
appearances and is the joint top scorer
in the Premier League with eight goals.
"As a player, it's vital to have the
backing of your manager and so I think
that the confidence Brendan [Rodgers]
is showing in myself and the team as a
whole is very important and it's down
to us to repay that trust out there on
the pitch," added Suarez.
"The other important thing is that the
squad is very united. In spite of not
getting the results we would have liked,
we have a great spirit of togetherness
and let's hope we can continue to pick
up points."
Manager Rodgers has said there will be
no "bidding war" for the striker who
made a £22.7m move from Ajax to
Liverpool in January of 2011.
"If we lost Luis then we have no
strikers, so I can't afford to lose
anyone," he said of a striker who scored
17 goals in 39 appearances in his first
full season at the club,
"He is certainly not anyone we want to
sell or move. We want to add to the
squad."
Suarez's time in England has not been
without controversy.
He was found guilty of racially abusing
Manchester United defender Patrice
Evra, banned for eight games and then
widely criticised for his decision to
refuse Evra's handshake when the two
came face-to-face at Old Trafford.
However, the pair did shake hands
when Liverpool played Manchester
United for the first time this season at
Anfield.