Sunday, September 11, 2011

Suarez Reveals How He Convinced Coates To Join Liverpool

Luis Suarez has revealed that it was telling Sebastian Coates what happens "behind the scenes" at Liverpool that convinced him to join the Anfield club.

The young defender won the accolade of being named best young player of the tournament as Uruguay won the recent Copa America, and subsequently joined the Reds during the summer transfer window after a fee believed to be in the region of £7 million had been agreed between Liverpool and Nacional.

The 20-year-old has since explained that his international team-mate Suarez was key to his move to Merseyside. And Suarez himself has now told the club's official website: "The things I told him were about stuff about behind the scenes at the club - he already knew about everything else.

"Liverpool is one of the biggest and best clubs in Europe, and he knows that well enough himself."

He added: "He is coming to a team where he can really develop as an individual. He is still very young and has a lot to learn, but there are some highly-experienced players here who can help him a lot with that.

"He is aware of that and he is happy to learn and help the team as much as he can."

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