Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers remains confident of keeping Luis Suarez at Anfield, despite widespread interest from clubs expected in the summer transfer window.
Suarez has been plagued by controversy since his move to Liverpool, and is currently serving a ten-match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Rodger had earlier admitted Suarez feels victimized and would understand if he wanted to leave the English Premier League, but with time healing all wounds, the manager is convinced his prime striker will be a Liverpool player come next season, even if he expects bids from big clubs in the summer.
"Listen, every player has their price but there's certainly no pressure for the club to sell him," Rodgers said. "We're trying to build that bit of quality so he's not for sale.
"I don't have any doubts there will be interest in him this summer, because he's up there.
"There's a small percentage of players who are world class and he's in that bracket, so I don't think it will be too dissimilar to when I first came in last summer, with clubs making their interest known.
"People will want to take him, but I think we all recognise how integral he is. The owners have been absolutely unequivocal in their resolve in terms of wanting to keep him.
"I had a meeting with the owners when they came over and talked about lots of stuff and that was one of them."
Suarez will have a busy summer with Uruguay set to play in the Confederations Cup in Brazil, and Rodgers is aware of peer pressure possibly swaying the Liverpool forward's decision for next season.
"You can't control that -- people getting into his ear while he's away. These are professionals, and Luis has got a tournament to play.
"But I can't worry about that. I know we that as a club and me as a manager have supported him, told him when he's been right and when he's been wrong.
"The supporters show their passion for him relentlessly so, as a club, I don't think we can do any more.
"We have supported him when he's been in turmoil and when he's had setbacks, when there's been trauma over the last couple of years. He knows he did wrong.
"Yes, there was that initial period of shock and anger at the beginning but a wee bit of reality has set now. I look at him in training and he's still working hard.
"He was committed to wanting to stay and work with the club. I think he's very happy here - as a club we're doing everything to keep him and all the players content, and in the main I think they are."
