Gerrard urges Suarez to stay for season

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on Thursday urged unsettled striker Luis Suarez to stay with the club for one more season to help them regain Champions League status. 

'Suarez is ‘the best footballer I’ve ever played with’, Gerrard told the Daily Telegraph, launching a renewed plea for the Uruguayan to spurn moves from Arsenal to sign him. I’d say to Luis: ‘Give it one more year, see if we can achieve that’,’ Gerrard said. 

Gerrard also said Liverpool needed to invest in a world-class defender and forward to bolster a squad which finished seventh last season. ‘This club needs to make one or two big signings if we are to compete for the top four, and keep Suarez.

‘Alongside Gareth Bale, Luis is the third best player in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Luis and Bale are the two hottest properties out there at the moment,’ Gerrard said.

Real Madrid are in talks to try to sign Gareth Bale, coach Carlo Ancelotti has revealed, amid speculation that the Spaniards could be prepared to break the world transfer record for the highly rated winger. 

‘It is difficult to talk about Bale because he is not a Real Madrid player at present,’ Ancelotti told a news conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening. 

‘I think the club is negotiating to try to find a solution and we will see what happens,’ he added according to a report on the club’s official website realmadrid.com.

Bale’s club Tottenham Hotspur have faced persistent questions about their star winger, who was voted player of the year last season by his English Premier League peers after scoring 26 goals.