Luis Suarez has revealed that Steven Gerrard had intervened to stop him from leaving Arsenal in the summer of 2013.

Only 18 month after moving to Liverpool from Ajax, Suarez had attempted to force the team to sell to Arsenal because the reds had failed to qualify for the Champions League.

Liverpool insisted on his decision not to sell Uruguayan to Premier League rivals, and Suarez – who eventually joined Barcelona just a year later, for a big sum of money – finds that Gerrard had persuaded him not to joined Arsenal.

“We qualified in Europa League but the season ended badly for us,” Suarez told Otro.

“I was ready to join Arsenal, I forced myself to go, but Steven came and said, ‘I promise that if you stay this year, then next year you will go to Bayern, Barcelona, ??Real Madrid or any team you want but stay this year because you will not find better than Arsenal “, Suarez revealed.

“This was my last talk with Gerrard at that moment and I told my manager that I decided to stay,” he added.

Real Madrid has started efforts to transfer Eden Hazard by making the first bid worth 82 million euros, according to Sun.

The Spanish giant knows Chelsea will reject the offer, but this is just the beginning of their intention to buy the Belgian striker.

Representatives of Madrid have already visited London to talk about an agreement for the Belgian superintendent.

Chelsea, who broke 5: 0 Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League last night, resists losing the team’s star, especially as he has no right to transfer players in the next two transitional deadlines because he is suspended by FIFA.

The 28-year-old has long accepted that he dreams of working with Zidan in Real Madrid and has rejected some blue cards to become their most paid player ever.

Fabio Capello has claimed that although Cristiano Ronaldo is extraordinary and champion, he is not a football finder like Lionel Messi.

Ronaldo with het-tricks sent Juventus to the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday but the renowned Italian coach insists the Portuguese superyel does not possess the natural abilities of Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona or Peles.

Argentine is his magic helping Barcelona pass to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday, with two goals and two assists against Lyon.

“Ronaldo is an extraordinary player, but Messi is a genius,” Capello told Sky Sport Italia.

“There are three gays in football: Pepe, Maradona and Messi. Points. Ronaldo is very strong and helps to win everything, but Messi is a genius and something else, “he added.

“I was confronted with Messi when he was 16 years old and I was amazed. Twenty years ago, he did the same thing he did today because he was born genius. Messi invent things that others do not see. Ronaldo has made himself a champion, but not a genius, “he stressed.

Lionel Messi equaled Robert Lewandowski on the top goalscorer of this edition of the Champions League, thanks to his two goals against Lyon on Wednesday.

Bayern Munich striker could no longer increase the number of goals in this competition because the German team was knocked out of Liverpool on the same night.

Messi led to eight overall goals scored so far this season in the 5-1 win of Barca against Lyon at Camp Nou.

Of those still in the race, Dusan Tadic of Ajax and Moussa Marega of Porto have six goals each.

Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo has four goals, half less than Messi.

The best goal after the 1/8 phase:

– With 8 goals: Lionel Messi (ARG) (1 pen) (Barcelona); Robert Lewandowski (POL) (2p) (Bayern Munchich).

– With 6 goals: Dusan Tadic (SRB) (2p) (Ajax); Moussa Marega (MLI) (2p) (Porto).

– With 5 goals: Andrej Kramaric (CRO) (1p) (Hoffenheim); Paulo Dybala (ARG) (Juventus); Sergio Aguero (1p) (ARG) (Manchester City); Neymar (BRA) (Paris Saint-Germain); Edin Dzeko (BIH) (Rome); Harry Kane (Tottenham).

– With 4 goals: Antoine Griezmann (FRA) (Atletico Madrid); Raphael Guerreiro (POR) (Borussia Dortmund); Mauro Icardi (ARG) (Inter); Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) (1p) (Juventus); Leroy Sané (GER), Gabriel Jesus (BRA) (2p) (Manchester City); Kylian Mbappe (FRA) (París Saint-Germain); Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).