Luis Suárez

[Kenneth]

He has a contract. We are in the CL- he can move to Barca next year.

But you don't know what his contract says.

[RedRum]

Will anybody be angry at Suarez for leaving? He has been incredible for us the last few years and he isn't moving to a rival. Don't understand some of the name calling I've seen

[Gibbo]

Yeah it's not like the Torres thing, I wouldn't hold it against him at all.

Will be horrible seeing him in another kit though.

[Muddled]

I'm sure I will be if we play Barcelona in the Champions League, but at the moment I'm ambivalent about him.

[RedReet]

Will anybody be angry at Suarez for leaving? He has been incredible for us the last few years and he isn't moving to a rival. Don't understand some of the name calling I've seen

I won't be angry, I dread to think where me might be now if we hadn't had signed him, especially when you consider the players we signed at the same time as him.

I found Brian Reade's artilce on him quite interesting though...

Brian Reade on Luis Suarez: Liverpool must play hardball as Barcelona go from tiki-taka to tacky-tacky

It’s good to see Barcelona’s camper-van turn up at this summer of footballing love with flowers in their wipers and peace signs on the windows.

Good to see this font of all righteousness take a moral lead by urging the world to turn the other cheek to a repentant sinner.

“Luis Suarez has been humble enough to apologise to those he has offended... it’s the best thing a person can do,” says Barca’s sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta here.

“He is an honourable man,” intones club president Josep Maria Bartomeu here.

Once again, the institution that so modestly calls itself “more than a club” is looking after the oppressed.

Just as they did when they urged Arsenal to allow that poor missing child Cesc Fabregas to return home (on the cheap) and Liverpool to “act humanely” and release a “depressed” Javier Mascherano into their care (on the cheap).

Tiki-taka may be dead, but tacky-tacky is still the Barcelona way when it comes to tapping up the world’s best players then haggling for a massive price reduction on humanitarian grounds.

And, in the Neymar case, forgetting to pay their taxes.

Of course, it takes two to tango and in Suarez they have a man who’ll dance to any tune so long as it suits him.

Liverpool and their fans have been mocked for being defenders of the indefensible when it comes to Suarez. But this time, among most of them, there’s little appetite to go on the defensive.

At best, the Chiellini bite was embarrassing, the justification excruciating, the late apology grovelling and the lack of consultation, or concern for the club that stood to pay him £3million for a four-month absence from football, was sobering.


To wise ears, that apology was more a legal statement on the “Anything else you would like to tell us about yourself” section of his Barcelona job application form (salary already agreed).

It sounded like a man who’d been caught in a brothel on a stag trip and instead of apologising to his wife, begged forgiveness from his mistress.

In an ideal world, Suarez would come out and apologise to Liverpool for letting them down, again, and being banned, again, and vow to honour the five-year contract he signed at Christmas.

Which he may be forced to do if Barcelona refuse to meet his get-out price.

But right now, all he offers are the familiar depressing noises about being let-down by the club (apparently, Brendan Rodgers offended him by saying he wasn’t missed during his lengthy suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic) and how he needs to escape the persecution of the British media.

As far as Liverpudlians are concerned, for the second summer running he’s become the big brown floater that’s closed down the hotel swimming pool. And if he stays against his will again, the chances are it will happen next summer.


Do Liverpool really need to lower themselves, begging someone to stay who doesn’t want to be there?

They’re back in the Champions League, meaning the £80m they want for Suarez would give them a great chance of attracting three world-class players - unlike Spurs who weren’t able to fully exploit the Gareth Bale windfall because the top performers don’t want Thursday night football.

Suarez is a major reason they are back in Europe’s elite, which is why few Kopites will feel any lasting anger towards him if his release clause is met and he gets what he wants.


That’s all it’s about now for Liverpool - remembering the most sought-after striker in the world is under long-term contract to them. And playing hardball.

If those hip Catalans believe they are about to engage in a reality-changing, summer-long pow-wow that knocks his price down by £20m, it’s time for John Henry to step up to the plate again.

And ask them what kind of dope they’re smoking over there.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/brian-reade-luis-suarez-liverpool-3800353#ixzz36UP0EsZi

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[Gray]

I want him to do well. He worked his arse of for us, unlike the sulky Torres.

[Shaggy]

I want him to do well. He worked his arse of for us, unlike the sulky Torres.

Always preferred Barca to Real and will be watching his progress with interest. Go on lad, tear it up.

[fidget]

I want him to do well. He worked his arse of for us, unlike the sulky Torres.

Same here - he has his demons and they seem to be confined to the pitch.
Wish him all the best.

[RedRum]

I hope the Liverpool fans think as fondly of him as the Ajax fans did. It seems the majority will. He gets massive respect from fans of any team he goes to just because of his incredible work ethic and determination to win.

[EwarWoo]

Will anybody be angry at Suarez for leaving? He has been incredible for us the last few years and he isn't moving to a rival. Don't understand some of the name calling I've seen

He was whoring himself about instead of putting in a transfer request and he took 10m off his value with his bite (although I'm surprised its not more).

Supposedly following Barca instructions without our knowledge with his half arsed apology.

I also expected 1 more season from him after we got into the CL and almost won a title. Success was his supposed aim and we were heading there. after all the crap he put us through I felt he owed us 1 more.

I dunno though about angry. I wanted to see him stay, but the whole bite incident makes me think it will be a deal more stress free without the discipline nightmare, but I am dissapointed.

I wouldn't call him a cunt anymore though after calming down, that was a bit far

[dom9]

I'd laugh my bollocks off if he got another massive ban for doing something stupid next season.

[EwarWoo]

I'd laugh my bollocks off if he got another massive for doing something stupid next season.

[shanks69]

I'd laugh my bollocks off if he got another massive for doing something stupid next season.

can see it happening against madrid in the bernabeu.

[RedReet]

Be interesting to see if Peter's did have much impact on Suarez last year and if Barca will be proactive on this front or arrogant enough to believe that joining them will be enough of an incentive for him to clean up his act.

[dom9]

I've just added the word 'ban', for the avoidance of any doubt.