Liverpool have included Luis Suárez in their 28-man squad to tour south-east Asia and Australia despite the unsettled striker being heavily linked with a move away from the club.

Suárez, who will miss the start of the season as he completes a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April, has said several times that he is unhappy in England.

However, Liverpool have stressed the Uruguay international is not for sale and have named the 26-year-old in their touring party although he is not due to link up with his team-mates until mid-way through the trip. Suárez, the defender Sebastián Coates and the goalkeeper Pepe Reina have been given an extended break by the manager Brendan Rodgers following their involvement in the Confederations Cup in Brazil.

The rest of the squad, who will fly out on Tuesday, include new signings Luis Alberto, Iago Aspas, Kolo Touré and Simon Mignolet as well as the captain Steven Gerrard, who signed a two-year contract extension on Monday. Liverpool are due to take on an Indonesia XI in Jakarta on 20 July. They will then face Melbourne Victory in Australia on 24 July before wrapping up the tour against Thailand in Bangkok on 28 July.

Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre said it is the club's job to "convince" Suárez to stay at Anfield. "I don't think anyone will be against him at this point," said Ayre. "He only needs to do what he did last season and everyone will feel he's in the right place and he should carry on getting the support that he deserves and gets from Liverpool.

"This is an ambitious young player, he has talked in the media about wanting to play in the Champions League and all these things. It is our job to convince Luis that this is the right place to achieve those things. We'd love to see Luis put on a Liverpool shirt for this season and beyond and we hope that once he gets back things will settle down."