Suso [Sold to AC Milan]

[RedRum]

Was his contract running down or something? 1m seems like a ridiculous price for a young player with so much potential.

[Venton]

I'm still not getting the Suso being one of the next great players thing. He's ok, not fantastic, and he looked like he'd stopped developing to me. The reason we weren't getting any more for him is that clubs weren't beating a path to our door trying to sign him.

[The_weatherman]

I'm still not getting the Suso being one of the next great players thing. He's ok, not fantastic, and he looked like he'd stopped developing to me. The reason we weren't getting any more for him is that clubs weren't beating a path to our door trying to sign him.

We should have sold him after his loan to Almeria. It was clear he wasnt in our plans, though I'll have time for him and will look out for him at AC Milan.

[Venton]

We should have sold him after his loan to Almeria. It was clear he wasnt in our plans, though I'll have time for him and will look out for him at AC Milan.

I hope he does well for them. He's ok, just not the great talent everyone seems to think he is as far as I can see.

[RedReet]

We should have sold him after his loan to Almeria. It was clear he wasnt in our plans, though I'll have time for him and will look out for him at AC Milan.

Were we not planning on keeping him but he turned down a contract?

[G]

Was his contract running down or something? 1m seems like a ridiculous price for a young player with so much potential.

Yeah he was on a free in the summer.

[Lee]

I'm still not getting the Suso being one of the next great players thing. He's ok, not fantastic, and he looked like he'd stopped developing to me. The reason we weren't getting any more for him is that clubs weren't beating a path to our door trying to sign him.

I hope he does well for them. He's ok, just not the great talent everyone seems to think he is as far as I can see.

We're all entitled to our own opinions.

[Cormack74]

Doesn't look like he even made the bench for Milan today. Then again they lost at home so he might not have to wait too long to get a game.

[DannyMan2006]

I hope he does well for them. He's ok, just not the great talent everyone seems to think he is as far as I can see.

In one. Any player who does well in the reserves gets hyped to the nth degree at big clubs. Even thinking just about us, I remember the abuse managers got for not playing ones such as Pacheco, Nemeth & Spearing. Not to mention stars like Paul Anderson and people berating the club for losing Kakaniclic and the new Fowler, Lauri Dalla Valle.

[vlahka]

Handled badly by the club, no surprise really. This is one player we really should of focused much more effort on. In a couple years Milan's going to be laughing at us.

[RichC]

Based on what he's been with us a number of years and never really made the breakthrough, it's a shame he's gone but tbh I don't think he was ever going to make it with us and it was probably best for the club and him to part ways.

[Reece]

How has it been handled badly exactly? We can't force him to sign a new contract, If the only way he would sign one was to get more game time then we've done the right thing as he's not getting in the team at the moment.

He's hardly had Europe's top clubs scrambling to prise him away from us. So perhaps he's not actually THAT good. Yes he has at times looked like he has a lot of potential but at this stage you'd expect him to be further along in his development but who knows why he isn't. Perhaps it's down to his attitude and commitment rather than anything the club has done wrong.

I find this mentality of immediately looking for an angle to blame the club utterly perplexing.

[RichC]

How has it been handled badly exactly? We can't force him to sign a new contract, If the only way he would sign one was to get more game time then we've done the right thing as he's not getting in the team at the moment.

He's hardly had Europe's top clubs scrambling to prise him away from us. So perhaps he's not actually THAT good. Yes he has at times looked like he has a lot of potential but at this stage you'd expect him to be further along in his development but who knows why he isn't. Perhaps it's down to his attitude and commitment rather than anything the club has done wrong.

I find this mentality of immediately looking for an angle to blame the club utterly perplexing.

[Bloodraven]

How has it been handled badly exactly? We can't force him to sign a new contract, If the only way he would sign one was to get more game time then we've done the right thing as he's not getting in the team at the moment.

He's hardly had Europe's top clubs scrambling to prise him away from us. So perhaps he's not actually THAT good. Yes he has at times looked like he has a lot of potential but at this stage you'd expect him to be further along in his development but who knows why he isn't. Perhaps it's down to his attitude and commitment rather than anything the club has done wrong.

I find this mentality of immediately looking for an angle to blame the club utterly perplexing.

[Pablo]

Big mistake this, its gonna come back and bite us on the arse

Everyone said this when Shelvey left too (I disagreed then too). I think he'll hopefully go on to have a good career, but I strongly believe he was never quite Liverpool standard. He lacked the general athleticism needed to succeed in the Premier League IMO. In that regard Italian football might suit him better.

Shelvey on the other hand lacked the brains and game intelligence (and still does).