I think it's only a matter of time really before they decide to sell. Whatever this clause is, I don't think Liverpool can realistically keep him now. He's burnt all his bridges with the people in charge and most importantly the fans.
I think it's only a matter of time really before they decide to sell. Whatever this clause is, I don't think Liverpool can realistically keep him now. He's burnt all his bridges with the people in charge and most importantly the fans.
This would be an ideal time for AW to say, "meh, we're not interested any more..." and walk away smiling.
I don't think so, Tevez kicked up a huge fuss and then came back and played, fans forget quickly a few goals and it will all be forgotten about.Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I think Liverpool would be a lot more principled on this than a classless outfit like City.
That is true but Man City can afford to do that, I don't think Liverpool are in the same position of strength.
My analysis? He's on his way!
Exactly. It's pointless comparing City to Liverpool. Liverpool don't have Aguero, Dzeko and Balotelli to fall back on if Suarez goes on a Tevez style walk about.
The thing is though, Suarez has no choice but to play, it's World Cup year if he doesn't play he may find he's not in the squad.
Yeah that's one thing in Liverpool's favour. But can you imagine the shit storm this Suarez interview has created? Liverpool's fans seem to forgive him for everything so I can still see Suarez in a Liverpool shirt next season.
Either way nothing will happen quickly. We're in for another 3 weeks of speculation before anything happens with Suarez.
He's gone.
But I still can't see this clause turning out to be what he says. As I said last night whilst punching the wall, if Suarez and his agent were really sure they held the trump card they wouldn't have to resort to a ridiculous wishy-washy press statement. They'd have called the lawyers in and got this sorted within days; it's been weeks. These people are complete tossers, all this talk of not wanting to bring in the courts out of respect or whatever it is is just flagrant BS. It's the age old ploy, release a statement and try to force us in a corner. If they knew they had us by the short and curlies they'd be silent and would have already brought in the lawyers and made their case, it sounds far more likely right now that his agent has screwed up and is trying every trick to dig himself out of the hole, changing the terms of this apparent clause and then distracting everyone with talk of pwomises.
The threat of Gordon Taylor, Clark Carlisle and their Merry Men is horrendously weak. And in any case, if they did have their backing, the PFA would have most likely released their own statement to that regard and would have notified the club of their position. [With the caveat that if we have messed up, then the owners will face hell]
I'm not sure the fans would even be that bothered if we sold him now either, and lets face it that's the main reason they've been so publicly staunch in their position. Now he's burnt his bridges, we'll see that as much as an offence against them as much as the club.
Either way, he'll be sold before it even gets close to anything like that. If we have screwed up, we won't want it coming out that we've acted like idiots, and the same for Suarez and his cronies. And it'd cost a bomb and likely take time to sort out, surely too long to complete before the end of the window.
Last edited by Shaqiri Is Boss; 07-08-2013 at 10:19 AM.
I think most likely is the clause can be interpreted in different ways. Each party will think it's in their favour. Lawyers would want to drag it out for months or even years to prolong their gravy train.
Sounds to me like Rodgers and Liverpool's chairman did the old 'Levy Gentleman's Agreement' trick and verbally told Suarez he could leave for £40m to a Champs Lge club. Players should record all conversations when negotiating a contract. Levy got another year out of Modric after giving his word he could leave and he's now doing the same with Bale and making sure he gets mega money for him. I know players are stupid but you'd think their advisors wouldn't fall for the oldest trick in the book.
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