Suarez's 10-match suspension expires.in time for next week's Capital One Cup tie against Manchester United.
Suarez serves the final game of his ban for biting the Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic against Southampton on Saturday and is being considered for an immediate recall in the fourth-round clash at Old Trafford on Wednesday. The Uruguay international's availability is timely after Philippe Coutinho was ruled out until the end of October with a shoulder injury sustained at Swansea City. Liverpool's leading striker has not played competitively for his club since the Ivanovic incident on April 21 but did feature in the Confederations Cup in June plus Uruguay's World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Columbia. He has also been involved in several behind-closed-doors matches with Liverpool.
Rodgers has refused to guarantee Suarez will start against United, saying only that a potentially explosive return against Liverpool's great rivals and Patrice Evra – who he was found guilty of using racially abusive language towards and banned for eight matches in 2011 – "would be something to consider".
The 26-year-old, however, has worked towards a late-September return, including during his failed attempts to secure a transfer to Arsenal, and the Liverpool manager is confident the striker can make an instant impression.
"We have been organising some games behind closed doors, both in terms of in-house 11-a-side matches and bringing teams in," explained Rodgers. "In between that he has had international games as well to keep him ticking along. He has been doing a lot of individual work specific to him on top of all that and replicating his high-intensity speed runs that he would do in a game."
The Liverpool manager does not envisage shifting Daniel Sturridge from a central striking role to accommodate Suarez, with the England international flourishing in that position and scoring six goals in five matches. But Rodgers has been encouraged by Suarez's response in training following the distractions of the pre-season transfer saga.
He added: "The idea is that when he steps back in it will be seamless. Of course there will be a transitional period for him but I am really looking forward to having him back. He is working his socks off. At the end of sessions, he is having extra work tagged on relative to him and his position. He is flushing himself out to the maximum to be as fit as he possibly can."
Suarez has attended Liverpool games at Anfield this season but Rodgers has kept the striker away from the squad on match days, particularly on away trips, to avoid increasing his frustration at the ban. "You have to look at the individual," the manager explained. "Defenders enjoy being in and around the team all the time but strikers are different, I think.
"They don't miss playing more than others, but it can be counterproductive having them in and around the team if they're not playing.
"Suarez loves the game. If he doesn't play the game, it kills him. Any kid when they start to play, the integral part of it all is the game and that is what he is like. If you put him in the environment of the changing room when he can't play it can be counterproductive. We have to keep him out of the way." – © Guardian News & Media 2013