Luis Suarez thread

[Ollie the Optimist]

Well yeah he did, he backtracked and ended up coming back like a good boy and playing despite being adamant he was leaving.

So I would say he came back with his tail between his legs.

Liverpool don't have much except the promise of regular football and a guaranteed transfer next season (possibly to a club like Real which must be his preference as he wanted to leave England). Signing for us would delay any possible move to one of football's biggest clubs for sure.

regular football? thats a bollocks promise, we are hardly going to pay 40 million for a striker then stick him on the bench. he will be first choice here, but he gets to play in the champions league. thats a bigger draw then nothing for year, and as maccy mentioned before, its a world cup year.

[Özim]

The bid is pretty clear indication that the clause exists.

According to everything we see the word "believe" comes up a lot, that's doesn't come across as "sure" to me. Either they know or they don't.

[Kano]

So you think he's worth £50m the same as Cavani - who's a better player, isn't always suspended and has a better character AND only had one club meet his release clause of £50m?

I guess you're just not used to selling your best players like we are. £40m is a very fair price imo.

of course he's worth it. it's what happens when a big club sells a big player to another big club. you break transfer records. it's the only way this will happen.

was rio ferdinand worth £18m, 12 years ago? that translates to a stupid amount now.

this is not happening for anything near 40. 48+ or nowt. so basically, it ain't happening.

[Özim]

regular football? thats a bollocks promise, we are hardly going to pay 40 million for a striker then stick him on the bench. he will be first choice here, but he gets to play in the champions league. thats a bigger draw then nothing for year, and as maccy mentioned before, its a world cup year.

and if we signed him his dream of a move to Real for example would have to wait another year or two, whereas if he stayed at Liverpool and they promised him a move next summer he'd have a chance of going there, which if you believe reports is unlikely this summer (may well be untrue who knows).

[fakeyank]

Why dont we just go for Benzema and give Real more money to have Suarez? Sick of this shit now!

[Ollie the Optimist]

and if we signed him his dream of a move to Real for example would have to wait another year or two, whereas if he stayed at Liverpool and they promised him a move next summer he'd have a chance of going there, which if you believe reports is unlikely this summer (may well be untrue who knows).

and if he has a bad year at liverpool next year, wins nothing, madrid move on to the next new striker and he is stuck at liverpool wasting in mid table. we know what madrid are like, they are so fickle and move on quicker then katie price.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Why dont we just go for Benzema and give Real more money to have Suarez? Sick of this shit now!

because benzema is not as good as suarez?

[Letters]

According to everything we see the word "believe" comes up a lot, that's doesn't come across as "sure" to me. Either they know or they don't.

OK. Well either the bid amount was because of a wild guess/rumour they'd heard, or they knew.
I'd say the latter is pretty likely. Tip off from an agent or similar.
Even if it was the former, so what? We took a punt based on something we'd heard. It's paid off in as much as Suarez apparently now wants to speak to us. It seems likely we were pretty sure about it, it's too random an amount to have bid otherwise.

[Özim]

and if he has a bad year at liverpool next year, wins nothing, madrid move on to the next new striker and he is stuck at liverpool wasting in mid table. we know what madrid are like, they are so fickle and move on quicker then katie price.

If he does then we've had a lucky escape and not waste 75 million

I don't get the feeling he lacks belief in his ability though.

[Özim]

OK. Well either the bid amount was because of a wild guess/rumour they'd heard, or they knew.
I'd say the latter is pretty likely. Tip off from an agent or similar.
Even if it was the former, so what? We took a punt based on something we'd heard. It's paid off in as much as Suarez apparently now wants to speak to us. It seems likely we were pretty sure about it, it's too random an amount to have bid otherwise.

OK still reckon he'll cost closer to 50 million though, Liverpool won't sell at a knockdown price because they don't have to.