Rodgers: Suarez a 'good boy', but we'll get top replacement

Manager Brendan Rodgers said Suarez, who scored 31 goals last season for Liverpool but moved to Barcelona for £75m last month, had sent him a text message before Sunday's 2-1 home win against Southampton, wishing the team all the best.He said Suarez would never be forgotten, but insisted that the club will do their utmost to land a big-name replacement:"He’s a good boy but he’s gone," said Rodgers of Suarez's text message. "His heart is with Liverpool. He’ll always be Liverpool and it was a lovely touch."I do still think we need another striker. It is something that we will look at but that will depend on the availability of one. So we will search for that through to the end of the window but you see the players, the quality that we have."Many have tipped Liverpool to take a step backward this season, not just because Suarez is gone, but on account of having to bed in half a dozen new players. Rodgers remains confident though."I don't think anyone is giving us any hope of getting in the top four but that was the expectancy last season as well. I feel we will attack the season as we did last year - we can only do our best and we will see where it takes us. The fluency will come, today was about getting the win and we got the win."The game itself was unusual in that Liverpool did not play particularly well but won anyway. Southampton certainly will take heart from coming so close against the team which ripped out their heart in this transfer window. Rodgers, meanwhile, likes to manage expectations - he did that last season, and Liverpool came second. But he also wants to aim high, and that is reflected in his comments about a Suarez replacement. The Reds have been linked with Radamel Falcao of Monaco, but competition has emerged in the form of Juventus and long-term admirers Real Madrid. In Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling, Rodgers has a new 'SAS' strike pairing, but he will see Sterling's future on the wing, and will surely move for an experienced striker - whether it's Falcao or not.(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)Bakudaily.Az