If we sell Suarez - with all his nonsense - to Arsenal, even at £50M, we'll regret it. He cannot be sold to a rival. JH seemed to acknowledge that just the other day.
I know he's an appalling character but he was before we signed him so why all the intense opprobrium now?
I hope that we don't sell him, that he falls in to line, apologises and we move on. Although the Marca article stunk (just as much to Arsenal fans, I'd have thought) he claims (at least) to hold LFC fans in high esteem. I think he's trying to keep a way back open - and in the same way that Tevez did with city, we should allow him that route if it serves the best interests of the club.
I actually don't think that BR's public attack on Suarez is in the club's interests. I like BR but, to me, it looks like a load of gesturing that I don't need to see. I'd rather BR's handling of Suarez (as brutal as he wants it) was kept in private. Making it public will only strengthen the hands of Arsenal and Madrid. We are far bigger than Suarez, so let's keep our business in house. Let him wander round the press looking smaller and sillier, day by day. LFC should sit above all of the headline chasing.
We should / could put up with Suarez's outbursts for now. The club looks stronger if it appears to ignore such things. If we keep him - which I think we should try to do - we can force a grovelling apology from him later - when his ban is over and the window is shut, for example.
Personally, I couldn't care less what Suarez says as long as he delivers on the field. As long as we don't sell him, the only conclusion to be really drawn is that our legal people knew a lot more than his did when the contract was constructed. He can say what he likes. If he can't force a sale through the legal route, nothing substantive was ever agreed - and he looks more and more like a liar / silly little boy.
