Liverpool FC

Interesting article by Ian Herbert

Tuesday 09 July 2013

Liverpool were told face-to-face by Luis Suarez’s agent yesterday that the lack of any type of European football at Anfield next season is one of the main reasons that he wants to leave the club.
In discussions which are understood to have been cordial and did not involve any transfer requests or  ultimatums, the striker’s agent, Pere Guardiola, held separate meetings with the club’s managing director, Ian Ayre, and manager, Brendan Rodgers, at their respective offices in Liverpool’s Chapel Street and the Melwood training ground. It was an attempt to deliver some sense about the player’s many public expressions of discontent with life in the Premier League and obvious desire to leave.
Both men have strong working  relationships with Guardiola, though the message from Liverpool was categorically that Suarez is not for sale. Guardiola’s arrival in Liverpool with a solicitor provides evidence that the Uruguayan is looking for his  representatives to help secure the move to Real Madrid which he craves.
Arsenal’s unrealistic £20m offer for the striker last week may pressurise Real to conclude their business with the London club for Gonzalo Higuain. But Real are resigned to the fact that they won’t sign Gareth Bale until next season, which has reduced the need to sell Higuain and prompted their hardball stance  with Arsenal. That, in turn, has prompted Arsenal to make their Suarez inquiry.
Real may need to go close to £50m to persuade Liverpool to budge over Suarez, such is their insistence – repeated to Guardiola yesterday – that they will not entertain selling.
After yesterday morning’s meeting with Ayre, which was followed by a midday meeting with Rodgers, Liverpool will also be in the picture about the litany of public complaints which Suarez has made during the Confederations Cup last month about the English media and his treatment after the Branislav Ivanovic biting incident.
Suarez’s wife, Sofia, is very settled on Merseyside but that will not be enough to alter the striker’s perspective on seeking a move. Guardiola will now seek to become the conduit for any further bids for the Uruguayan and will communicate them to the club.

Yeah interesting stuff mate. The echo are saying there was no backtracking from Suarez's agent on the comments he's already made, if Madrid stump up the £45-50m he'll be off i reckon. No transfer request was put in though so he's not trying to force through a move. Sounds like the reasons he gave for wanting to leave are true, he wants out of Britain. If Madrid come in with the dough he'll leave, if not he'll stay.

Not many clubs can spend £50m on one player.


Looks like Stewart Downing could be on his way to West Ham for about £8m.

(08-07-2013 21:24 )Joey 27 Wrote:  of course liverpool fans would think he is worth 50m, but neutral fans probably rate him at 35m maybe 40 at a push, considering his antics

Lionel Messi is being investigated for tax-evasion, he could be found guilty. So your point being.

(08-07-2013 23:18 )Fernandez Esperenda Wrote:  We could have possibly had Villa and Alonso for under 12mil.... that would be good for the club, spend little on 2 spanish world cup winners and add loads of experience into the team and will be a lot easier for the team to bond with all the Spansih speaking players we have.... it is not playstation at all...

Xabi already speak perfect English. Your missing the point, my annoyance is with the amount of teams you keep posting of a Liverpool line up that often includes around 3 players who don't even play for the club!

No you are missing the point... Im not questioning Alonso's english... it is clear what I meant that by having 2 experienced spanish players would help the 2 new young guys settle in easier especially with Alonso already played for us....

Second I posted a few teams that I thought would be a possibility for us as a bit of fun that had realistic affordable players in... What is the problem?....

my point being is why would anyone be crazy enough to spend 50m on a player when they might give their club a bad reputation a bit like Liverpool if he does something stupid again, no doubt he is a fantastic player but 50m is risky to spend on him, what if he throws his toys out of the pram again and wants out of madrid if the the media give him a hard time if he gets up to no good? though madrid have more money than sense so they probably would pay 50m for him, and i wouldn't be surprised if man city bid silly money too they need another striker now tevez has gone, 35m is about right though, what has he done in the champs league in his career? of course Liverpool fans see him as god, every club holds their star player on a pedestal by putting a silly price tag on them these days

how much is bale is worth? i bet spurs fans would think he is worth more than liverpool fans think he is

He is worth as much as a club is willing to pay for him, Suarez is a Liverpool player, Liverpool will put a price on him that he is worth to them, if another club thinks he is worth that much too they will pay it, if they don't they wont... he is worth more to some teams than others....

And personally I do not see Suarez as a god at all, no player is bigger than a club, I have really gone off him and can't wait until he goes, can't wait to see the back of him after his latest rubbish, he should show the fans who stuck behind him and the club some respect....

suarez is a very good player there is no debate about that, but he wants to go anyway so you should cash in on him and spend the money on benteke, but guess what, villa probably want about 25-30 million for him when he has had one good season so he is overpriced too, he is worth 20m tops, and suarez is worth 35-40m, not 50m but that is just my opinion and clubs will always want to get the most money they can for their star player, and some clubs like madrid or man city will just pay over the odds for them because they can afford it

What Suarez doesn't realise is : We don't actually have to sell him .

(09-07-2013 19:17 )mitchell Wrote:  Xabi already speak perfect English. Your missing the point, my annoyance is with the amount of teams you keep posting of a Liverpool line up that often includes around 3 players who don't even play for the club!

Shush whisper this quietly but I loved Xabi Alonso. Mention this to anyone else and then I'm afraid I will have to kill you.

C'mon the Arse, up your bid for Suarez and sign him so I can watch both Liverpool and Arsenal fans lose it completely.

Mind we have signed Kone from Wigan.

Not impressed but knowing my powers of prediction he'll probably score 30 goals while powering Everton to the title. *

* This might be a joke.