The former Anfield defender believes the
striker's desire to move away from the club
could create a negative atmosphere on the
training ground and lead to poor performances
EXCLUSIVE
By Bhas Kunju
Former Liverpool defender Stephane Henchoz
believes it would be best for the club if Luis
Suarez left Anfield this summer.
The striker has indicated his desire to move to
a Champions League club on a number of
occasions, with Arsenal interested in the
Uruguayan.
Brendan Rodgers is adamant Suarez will not be
sold, but Henchoz is wary of a possible
negative atmosphere stemming from the
striker's unrest at the club.
"I think he has to leave," Henchoz told Goal in
Singapore, when asked about Suarez's future.
"Because obviously he showed that he didn’t
want to play for Liverpool anymore with the
comments he made.
"Of course he will be a loss but if he doesn’t
want to be here [at Liverpool], having
somebody on the training ground every day
who doesn’t want to be here is not something
you handle in the longer term.
"He is not training the way he should be
training. At the end of the day, what can you
do?
"Obviously he has a contract, you can say yes
you have to stay and play for Liverpool, but it
is not in his heart. I don’t think he is going to
perform when you don’t want to be at that
place."
The former Switzerland international, who won
a historic cup treble with Liverpool in
2000-01, also conceded that the Uruguayan's
departure would be a difficult prospect for the
club.
"The club is in a very difficult and
uncomfortable situation because of Suarez," he
added.
"Two weeks before the window closes, where
are Liverpool going to find the replacement? I
don’t know. Once again they have to take a
gamble on somebody, who is not a top striker.
"It’s not easy in the Premier League, it’s
getting tougher and tougher. Now you have
Manchester City, five years ago, Man City were
nowhere really. Now they are probably going
to take the top four spots.
"You have Manchester United obviously.
Chelsea have Mourinho back. Arsenal,
Tottenham - [over the] last two years they have
been competing for the top four spots.
Liverpool ended up seventh last season, so
hopefully they can improve this season."
Henchoz will feature for the Liverpool All Stars
side at the Singapore leg of the EPL Masters
series in October and was in town for the press
conference announcing the launch of the
event.
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