Ajax give Reds Suarez deadline

(27-01-2011) Liverpool have been told by Ajax they have until Saturday to finalise a deal for striker Luis Suarez. The Merseysiders have already had a £12.7m bid for the Uruguayan star turned down with the Dutch giants holding out for an asking price of £21m. The 25-year-old has expressed a desire to play in England and Ajax coach Frank de Boer is keen to have the issue resolved as soon as possible. "Liverpool know what they've to pay and we are sticking to our guns," said De Boer on Wednesday. "We don't want to lose him. We want to know by 29 January, after that nothing more will happen." Earlier this week an Ajax spokesman said that Liverpool's bid for Suarez was too low compared to the reported £27m Manchester City paid for Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko earlier this month.