Suarez: My dream to play for Barca
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has admitted it would be a dream to play for Barcelona one day.
The Uruguayan international recently moved to Anfield from Ajax Amsterdam in January and has made a strong impression in the Barclays Premier League so far.The coordinator behind the move was none other than his agent Pere Guardiola, who happens to be the brother of Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.
However, Suarez refused to let the relationship affect his career although he did reveal his dream of playing at the Nou Camp.
"Before meeting Pere Guardiola, my current agent, I had this illusion, that dream of a chance [to play] on that team [Barcelona]," he said in an interview with Don Balon
"Obviously he [Pere] is a person related to Barcelona by his brother, but work situations are totally different relationships. If Guardiola wanted me, he would want me no matter who represents me."
The 24-year-old also insisted he does not feel any pressure to prove his quality or change his style of play and revealed Fernando Torres' advice to him when he first arrived in January.
He added: "[Liverpool] had just brought another striker [Andy Carroll] and neither of us feel the pressure of wanting to prove anything. Fernando, we know the quality he has, so I had to play my game."
"He told me [to be] the same player that came, [and] not to try to change, that Liverpool are a great team, I will go a long way and grow. The truth came to me that it was great advice."
Suarez is currently with the Uruguay squad at the Copa America tournament and the striker does not see any reason why his side cannot fight for the title.
"I think Uruguay are always a candidate in the Copa America. Luckily, we're playing well. This is our goal, to be there fighting for the title. You have to go into the tournament with humility, with the same mentality with which we went to the World Cup, and be serious to work to get what we want, which is winning.
"I think that most dream of being champions of the Copa America, but there you go game by game, step by step, as this will be the best way to achieve our goal."
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