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Steven Gerrard claims he turned down the chance of a move from Liverpool last season

Image: Steven Gerrard: Rebuffed the opportunity to leave Liverpool last year

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has revealed he turned down a move to a Champions League club last term - and he is urging Luis Suarez to do the same.

Speaking ahead of Saturday's testimonial against Olympiacos, Gerrard added: "While I've still got a couple of years left - and maybe a few more - I have to make the most of it. And that is about adding more medals to what I already have and to leave this club in the Champions League. That is the challenge for me personally. "It is not the same club because we are not in the Champions League, so it becomes an awful lot more difficult to attract the top players. "But I think the club's history and size - we've just been on a tour which has seen us play in front of nearly a quarter of a million people in 10 days - means the pull is still here. "We need to break back into the top four to get back the pull we had four or five years ago when we were comfortably in the Champions League year in, year out and challenging to win it. "Players who come and get the club back into the Champions League will experience some of the biggest nights of their career, because playing European football in front of this crowd is different to any other."

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