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The latest talk surrounds this supposed interview on Uruguayan radio and that he has 3 options. Actually, as it stands he has just 1 option, and that is playing for LFC. Only Arsenal have apparently made an offer and that was rejected. I'm not sure how that equals '3 options', but that's the media and gullible fans for you. What about the 40m release clause that's said to be in his contract? If thats there,then he has options as soon as some club comes in with a bid of 40m for him. Exactly - but as it stands, that hasn't happened so his only option is to play for the club that he is contracted to. Besides, the £40m clause may not even exist.
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I know that a lot of you are 'upset' that he has said "anything can happen in football". Some of you are probably already burning your shirts and hanging Suarez effigies from the nearest oak tree. Others may have burning torches and pitch forks ready to run him out of town for refusing to say that he wants to stay at LFC until he's 83 'cos we're "the biggest and bestest club in the universe." Fine......
However, if you look at it from a 'football' perspective it makes no sense to sell our best player, considering he has 4 years left on his contract. Let him earn his transfer and leave next year - by then, he might have fired us into the CL and will want to stay anyway. If not, he will have given 100%, as he always does, and could be even more valuable in 12 months time.
The problem with Liverpool Football Club receiving £50m for him is that we cannot attract players of a sufficient calibre to replace him. Everytime we have a quality target in sight we immediately become the player's second choice once his agent alerts other clubs as to his availability. Of course, we could do what we have been doing and use £50m to buy 4 or 5 'good' players, but that isn't what we need. We need Suarez or someone like him, but 'someone like him' wouldn't want to come to Liverpool so the money will end up wasted.
Agree and as long as FSG thinks alike it has a very good chance of success. For me this whole saga is a good test on the ambitions of FSG. They did it differently with Torres when they arrived (I heard Comolli in an interview on the French TV saying that he was told by FSG that Torres HAD TO GO, I suppose they got excited about the 50m) but let's hope that they have a different reaction this time. Some people might say that Torres a good piece of business for 50m, but, nobody knows if he would have been crap if he stayed and played alongside Suarez and it was very irresponsible to sell him just a few hrs before the window slamed shut, we had no time to find a value for money replacement.
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Selling Suarez, regardless of the fee, would be insane. It's all well and good talking about who his replacement might be but if he's THAT good he'll have other options.
If you were a top player of similar class to Suarez, here's what LFC will be offering:
Low wages
Performance related bonuses (which will depend a lot on your team mates)
No CL football
No EL football
An inexperienced manager
An old stadium
If we can't persuade top players to join us now, what chance will we have if we sell Suarez??? it's feasible that we could attract someone very good as they might like the idea of playing alongside Suraez.......but not if he's sold. What players will potential targets be looking forward to playing alongside - an ageing gerrard? probably not.....Allen, henderson, alberto, borini, aspas, downing!? Somehow, I don't think so! Our chances of european football will be slimmer than ever if we sell suarez - the fee will be irrelevant.
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it is not insane . it is the only option..this fella has gone on strike before. he is no angel as u paint him. he is a prat. and he is making it impossible for us to keep him.wake up. get rid , get money and move on
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Normally I'd agree but I'm sick of these players getting their own way,hand in a transfer request or shut the fukk up.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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it is not insane . it is the only option..this fella has gone on strike before. he is no angel as u paint him. he is a prat. and he is making it impossible for us to keep him.wake up. get rid , get money and move on I'm not saying he's an angel, I'm saying he's our best player and we desperately need to keep him if we want to attract players good enough to get into the CL.
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There was a number of us a year or more ago who stated if we didn't get CL football he'd be off and the club in a situation that was a train wreck in the making. The usual narrow minded fools were saying it was prudence after Dalglish and Commo!
FSG made their boat on this one and chickens are coming home to roost. The chances of finding another Suarez are slim to nowt and the money is irrelevant if it is wasted on punts or inferior players or worse still more spin and divided by FSG shareholders. If he goes the best I see us finishing is 6th which is stagnation and the potential loss of yet more of our higher able players next year.
This is a pitiful state of affairs however it's painted.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
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car you can be assured the club want him gone, its all chest beating now imo.
"Romance has broke down
This boy is crack'in up"
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car you can be assured the club want him gone, its all chest beating now imo. I said this in another post earlier.....I wouldn't be at all surprised if the club was working WITH guardiola which is why there has been no transfer request or proper offers yet. One thing's for sure, without Suarez the champions league is a pipe dream - we'll probably finish behind Everton again.
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I think they may be in cahoots with arsenal trying to flush out madrid
"Romance has broke down
This boy is crack'in up"
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