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Brendan Rodgers insists he is confident that Liverpool FC’s dispute with Luis Suarez can reach an “amicable solution” in the next few weeks – but says the club are prepared to play a waiting game with the wantaway striker.

The Uruguayan has been told to train away from the Reds’ first team in the wake of two newspaper interviews in which he made clear his desire to leave Anfield this summer, and accused the club of breaking verbal and contractual promises to grant him a transfer.

Both Rodgers and Reds owner John W Henry have been steadfast in their insistence that the 26-year-old will not be allowed to join Arsenal, who have so far tabled two bids for the former Ajax man. Indeed, Henry stated categorically last week that Suarez will not be leaving the Reds under any circumstance this summer.

Rodgers has backed up that stance. Speaking after his side’s 1-0 friendly defeat to Celtic in Dublin on Saturday, he said: “It is something that we have to do everything we can to fix.

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“There has been a lot said and a lot reported, and we have made a stance, as a club and as a manager, of the commitment and the standards required.

“If you don’t have that commitment, and those standards, then you won’t play. It’s as simple as that.”