Liverpool football team manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted that the absence of last season's Premier League Player of the Year, Luis Suarez, has resulted in his side being hindered this season.
The Uruguayan International scored 31 goals as Liverpool came within three points of winning their first league title in 14 years last year before the striker joined Barcelona in July in a 75 million pounds move in July.
Ahead of Liverpool's Champions League clash with Real Madrid on Thursday, Rodgers said that he signed a three-year contract with the objective of fighting for the league and Liverpool almost won it in their second year, The Dawn reported.
But the Liverpool boss also admitted that the team's natural progression has stalled this summer with the departure of Suarez and the arrival of new players.
Liverpool have only won four of their opening eight Premier League games and were desperately lucky to emerge victorious against bottom club Queens Park Rangers on Monday as the Londoners scored two own goals in a 3-2 defeat.
Rodgers remains bullish that he can restore the club to its former glory, but also hinted that he too could be lured to La Liga in the future. He said that hopefully he could work one day in Spain, adding that he speaks and have studied Spanish, but needs to improve.
Rodgers said that he is just 41 and there are many things he wants to achieve at Liverpool, where he wants to be for another 20 years or more. But he added that one day he would like to experience Spain, it's a marvellous culture and magnificent clubs.
