Luis Suarez says he wanted to leave Liverpool to join Arsenal in 2013 because he did not want to miss out on playing in the Champions League.
The Uruguay international joined the Reds in 2011 and spent three years there before leaving for Barcelona.
But the attacker tried to force a move to Arsenal before exiting for Camp Nou, as the north London side tried to trigger a clause in his contract by making a bid worth £40,000,001.
Liverpool ultimately refused to let him go, but Suarez admits he hoped to leave because they had failed to qualify for Europe's premier club competition.
"I think I'd been at Liverpool for a year and a half when Brendan [Rodgers] took charge in July 2012," he said to UEFA.com.
