The Belgium international has invited interest from abroad and revealed that although he favours a move to an established club, Champions League football is not essential

Ajax defender Toby Alderweireld admits he is flattered by interest from Liverpool and would welcome a move to the Premier League.

The defender collected a third successive Eredivisie title with the Amsterdam outfit last season but, amid reported interest from the Anfield outfit and Roma, revealed he would consider leaving Holland this summer.

“It’s nice that you’re named at clubs like that. It strokes my ego,” Alderweireld told De Telegraaf.

“We have to wait and see which clubs become more concrete. In the following weeks we’ll see what will happen. The transfer window is still open for a long time.”

The 24-year-old has played at both centre-back and right-back and explained that while he would favour a move to an established club, Champions League football is not essential for him.  

“England and Germany are great competitions,” Alderweireld continued. “I think I can make my next step there. I’ve seen Thomas Vermaelen and Jan Vertonghen make good moves.

“It would be a bonus to play in the Champions League, but it’s not a must. If you look at a club such as Tottenham Hotspur, where Jan Vertonghen now plays, that’s also amazing.

“I want to go to a club where I can play football and where my style of play fits. I don’t want to play in the bottom of a competition. I only want to leave Ajax for a beautiful club. Otherwise I stay in Amsterdam.”

Vertonghen partnered Alderweireld in the centre of defence at Ajax before moving to Tottenham, and believes that both he and Twente attacker Nacer Chadli are ready for a move to the Premier League.

“They’re players who definitely can deal with the level and I hope that they can make the step this summer,” said Vertonghen. “They are ready. I know the qualities of Toby very well. He would fit perfectly.”

The Napoli striker feels the Liverpool man has had a tough time in England and says he does not know if he will stay on Merseyside

Napoli striker Edinson Cavani believes Uruguay team-mate Luis Suarez has been unfairly judged since his arrival in English football.

The Liverpool forward’s two-and-a-half seasons in the Premier League has been littered with controversey; namely being found guilty of racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra before being handed a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.

The 26-year-old striker has expressed a desire to leave Liverpool this summer citing the media’s intrusion into his private life as a decisive factor, but Cavani feels the subsequent media furore has been unjust.

“These things happen in life,” Cavani told Perform. “When you are on the pitch you are really excited and you have to deal with some situations you are not used to. It’s not fair to judge a person for one thing on the pitch when there is a match going on and you are extra excited, sometimes you make a mistake.

“These things happen and what’s important is that [Suarez] recognised he made a mistake.”

Cavani, whose own future is also undecided, rates Suarez as one of the most talented strikers in the game and feels the Premier League approach suits him, but is unsure where he will be plying his trade next term.

“Playing beside Luis Suarez you get used to it [media attention] over time,” he continued. “We play for the same national team and that is awesome because we are playing around the world for our teams and we share the national team’s colour. He is a great player and he has some great qualities, he is very well known around the world and to play alongside him is wonderful.”

“[An exit from Liverpool] depends on many things,” he added. “I think English football suits him because it is the kind of play that he likes, but in the end it is a personal decision. He is the only person who knows where he will play; even I don’t know what my future will be. So I can’t think about other people”

The Reds legend believes that the Uruguyan was the Premier League’s best player last season, and says the club have to do everything to keep him

Ex-Liverpool goalscorer Robbie Fowler is hoping Luis Suarez will be staying at Anfield for a long time, despite the Uruguayan’s desire to leave.

Suarez has been a contentious figure throughout his time in the Premier League, and even though Fowler has condemned some of his previous actions, he believes Liverpool must do everything they can to prevent him from leaving.

The 26-year-old Uruguay international believes he has been “persecuted” by the British press, but Fowler insists his footballing skill heavily outweigh the controversies.

“He’s been on the record numerous times saying he doesn’t help himself,” Fowler said during the British Airways Football Legends Invitational tournament in Barbados.

“Rightly, we should be critical of some of the stuff he does, but let’s look at the footballing side of him.

“I’m not being biased when I say that, for me, he was the Premier League player of last year.”

Suarez has been linked to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in recent weeks, and says he feels like he has been forced out of the club following the infamous bite of Branislav Ivanovic in April.

But Fowler added: “Any side in the world with Luis Suarez is a better team, so I hope he stays at Liverpool a long time.

“You can understand why he’s linked with many sides over the world, because he is a world-class player.

“If he does go, it’s important that the money is spent wisely and you bring in a good amount of players.”