Luis Suarez thread

[Kano]

higuain is definitely on his way to the emirates within the next week or so. you can bet on that.

[Özim]

Agreed that's a dead cert, do you reckon he'll score? Think he'll be a great signing for sure.

[Özim]

Can we get someone to fix it before it starts at least, looks all bent out of shape

[JonasTC]

I seriously believe we are very close to signing Suarez, the way Rodgers are desperately trying to tell the media how everything is built around Suarez, everybody loves him and what not, indicates to me that its a last effort to convince him to stay. Maybe because offer/contract are soon to be accepted? I hope so.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can we get someone to fix it before it starts at least, looks all bent out of shape

We're too heavy handed with it, needs all the lifting it can get.

Jonas, I concur.

[server too busy!]

Bit of controversy here but is Suarez racist or is he just guilty of saying a racist comment, are they one and the same?

[Dicks and chicks]

I seriously believe we are very close to signing Suarez, the way Rodgers are desperately trying to tell the media how everything is built around Suarez, everybody loves him and what not, indicates to me that its a last effort to convince him to stay. Maybe because offer/contract are soon to be accepted? I hope so.

Yeah I agree. Hes coming home

[Marc Overmars]

Bit of controversy here but is Suarez racist or is he just guilty of saying a racist comment, are they one and the same?

It depends on whether he has any deep rooted issues with people of other race, I think that defines a racist for me.

We've all said stupid things in the heat of a moment and I think he's just guilty of being an ignorant wanker.

[Penguin]

None of us could possibly know. He was probably 'just' trying to get under Evra's skin, but took it way too far. Footballers aren't generally the sharpest tools in the box and are prone to doing stupid things in the heat of the moment (especially Suarez).

I'm not condoning it but just don't be so quick to judge or label someone if you don't have all the information. Nobody knows if he is actually a racist apart from Suarez himself, and anyone here who definitively says he is one is talking bullshit.

[selassie]

I seriously believe we are very close to signing Suarez, the way Rodgers are desperately trying to tell the media how everything is built around Suarez, everybody loves him and what not, indicates to me that its a last effort to convince him to stay. Maybe because offer/contract are soon to be accepted? I hope so.

We've certainly turned his head and he wants to come here, that much is clear.

The final barrier is negotiating a fee with Liverpool, I think 45 with add-ons will do the trick.

Whether we're prepared to go to that figure or a higher figure remains to be seen, but I don't for one minute think we would have done all this work to walk away for the sake of a few million, yes we have done it before...but we have money now...the fact we have offered 40million and a penny confirms that.

I don't think Suarez will hand in a transfer request which would pretty much start negotiations now IMHO, I think we have to make the move and up our offer.