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Guardiola handed £240m war chest at Bayern... and Suarez is top of his list

Published: 08:01 EDT, 28 January 2013 | Updated: 10:16 EDT, 28 January 2013

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Pep Guardiola will be given £240million to revamp his Bayern Munich squad next season and his
No 1 target is Liverpool forward Luis Suarez.

The former Barcelona boss will resume management with the German giants after his year’s sabbatical, having refused multiple approaches from owner Roman Abramovich to join European champions Chelsea.

Waiting in the wings: Guardiola takes over at Bayern in the summer

French newspaper L’Equipe reports his two top targets are Suarez, one of the standout performers of the Premier League season so far, and Atletico Madrid’s supersta striker Radamel Falcao.

Suarez is contracted to Anfield until 2018 and would reportedly cost approximately £40m. Falcao would cost closer to £50m.

Top targets: Liverpool's Suarez (above) and Atletico Madrid's Falcao (below)

Meanwhile, manager Brendan Rodgers believes it is about time someone other than captain Steven Gerrard has to lead Liverpool out of trouble.

The England midfielder came off the bench yesterday just before the hour with his side trailing 3-1 at Oldham and although it prompted an improved display it could not stop a shock FA Cup fourth-round exit.

Rodgers rested the 32-year-old, who has played every minute of every league game this season, along with the likes of Jamie Carragher and Stewart Downing but found their replacements wanting.

Fury: Rodgers was far from pleased with his side's performance

'I can’t rely on Steven for 70 games. He has been absolutely incredible,' said the Liverpool boss.

'He shouldn’t be expected to come and win games on his own.

'He came on and gave a real impetus to the team and his quality was there to be seen.

'Steven Gerrard and Stewart Downing come on and it is a different game and for 35 minutes we were terrific but it is too late then because we are 3-1 down then.

'It wasn’t good enough.'