Luis Suarez should snub Arsenal and stay at Liverpool, says Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness would find it hard to understand Luis Suarez's decision if he left Liverpool for Arsenal this summer.

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Managing director Ian Ayre is set to hold further talks with Suarez this week and Souness says the club must swiftly line up a replacement if they decide to sell their prized asset. He likened the situation to the £50million sale of Fernando Torres to Chelsea in 2011 and the subsequent capture of Andy Carroll from Newcastle for an inflated £35million; a scenario he says Liverpool must avoid this time. Souness added: "Liverpool had the problem previously when they sold Torres to Chelsea and ended up with a big lump of money. "Then whoever they go and buy - and it was Carroll - they ended up getting their trousers taken down and ended up paying too much. "That's the problem when you sell a big player. You end up with this big lump of money and whoever you try and buy there is a premium to be paid. "That's the problem they're faced with, but that's something Ian Ayre will be fully aware of. Ideally, if he was to go he would maybe be getting someone in before they actually announced he's gone, so they're not paying that premium."