Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard will not get a reunion with former Liverpool teammate Luis Suarez, who is closing in on a return to South America.
Gerrard, who played 95 times with Suarez while the duo were together at Anfield, had been heavily linked with a reunion with his Uruguayan ex-teammate at Villa Park, with Suarez on the move this summer following the end of a two-year spell with Spanish side Atletico Madrid.
However, Villa have denied ever being in for the former Barcelona striker in a move that would have also seen him reunite with Philippe Coutinho. And it appears that Suarez is off to ply his trade in his home continent for the first time since last playing for Uruguayan side Nacional in 2006.
