Rodgers: Suarez must apologize

Disgruntled Liverpool striker Luis Suarez must apologize to his club and teammates if he wants to be welcomed back into the squad, manager Brendan Rodgers said.

Rodgers said Suarez, who was seeking a move away from the Merseyside club during the offseason, will need to mend relations when he returns from playing for Uruguay in a friendly in Japan on Wednesday.

"Initially there will be an apology to his teammates and the club, then a recognition that he is ready to fight for the club," Rodgers said after Liverpool lost to Celtic in Dublin on Saturday.