RAUL MEIRELES has insisted he never wanted to leave Liverpool.
The Portugal midfielder completed a £12million switch to Chelsea minutes before the transfer window shut last week, reuniting him with former Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas.
There were eerie similarities with Fernando Torres' January transfer between the clubs, with Liverpool reporting in both cases that a transfer request had been received.
That is normally read as a sign that a player is trying to force a move.
But Meireles, 28, said: "When I was in Porto, I knew I wanted to go and the club wanted to sell me — and I made the right choice last year to come to Liverpool.
"This year, though, was different because I knew I didn't want to go.
"I felt Liverpool's new owners didn't want to sell me but when I knew that Chelsea and Andre wanted me, it convinced me."
Luis Suarez, Meireles' old Kop team-mate, has urged Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish NOT to give him a break as he wants to add to his trophy collection this season.
Striker Suarez got one week off in the summer as he led Uruguay to Copa America glory. But he said: "I want to play in all the games I can, with no rest.
"After winning the Copa, I want to win things with Liverpool."
The Portugal midfielder completed a £12million switch to Chelsea minutes before the transfer window shut last week, reuniting him with former Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas.
There were eerie similarities with Fernando Torres' January transfer between the clubs, with Liverpool reporting in both cases that a transfer request had been received.That is normally read as a sign that a player is trying to force a move.
But Meireles, 28, said: "When I was in Porto, I knew I wanted to go and the club wanted to sell me — and I made the right choice last year to come to Liverpool.
"This year, though, was different because I knew I didn't want to go.
"I felt Liverpool's new owners didn't want to sell me but when I knew that Chelsea and Andre wanted me, it convinced me."
Luis Suarez, Meireles' old Kop team-mate, has urged Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish NOT to give him a break as he wants to add to his trophy collection this season.
Striker Suarez got one week off in the summer as he led Uruguay to Copa America glory. But he said: "I want to play in all the games I can, with no rest.
"After winning the Copa, I want to win things with Liverpool."
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