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25th April 2014
07:42am BST


Ian Rush with Shamrock Rovers midfielder Ronan Finn (Inpho)
Rush added: “No matter what team Chelsea put out we know they’ll be very difficult to beat. I think tactically they could put a youth team out and they’d have been difficult to beat. Chelsea have got the squad to compete in the Champions League and the league. “Chelsea can still win the league. If you look at their three games, they can still win it. If you’re a Chelsea supporter you have to be thinking ‘why can’t we win the league?’” Rush paid special tribute to Luis Suarez after a season in which the Uruguayan turned the Anfield support in his favour, following last summer’s infamous flirtation with Arsenal. “I think he’s matured, I think he knows what it’s all about. At the start of the season I thought the owners and the manager handled the situation really well. There’s no-one bigger than the club and I think he’s put his head down, he’s worked really hard and he’s repaid the fans. “He is, without doubt, the player of the year and you can see in him that he’s enjoying playing his football now. The supporters love him as well and that goes a long way.” Suarez has, of course, been linked with a move away from Liverpool again this summer – with Real Madrid known to be keen – but Rush feels that the fact his side has secured Champions League should guard against any potential suitors. “I think, if Liverpool did win the league, why can’t Liverpool be looking at Real Madrid’s players? Why would he want to leave? He’s in the Champions League. We need people like Luis Suarez if we’re going to be successful next year.” Liverpool FC v Shamrock Rovers takes place in the Aviva Stadium on May 14th. There are still a number of tickets available through the FAI website or Ticketmaster.Explore more on these topics: