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Yet another twisted article by the Echo......
David Prentice: Brendan Rodgers gambles everything on Luis Suarez
Liverpool striker told to report to Australia, but a lot can happen between now and then
Not for the first time in his eventful Anfield career, Liverpool are taking a gamble on Luis Suarez.
“See you in Melbourne,” the Reds’ suddenly verbose South American striker was told – as Brendan Rodgers collected all his chips and slid them across the table onto red seven.
He won’t know if he’s hit the jackpot until August 31 – at round about 11 o’clock at night.
That’s when the transfer window closes – and if Suarez is still a fully focused, motivated Liverpool player by then, the Reds’ boss will be cashing in his chips.
But ‘focused’ and ‘motivated’ are the key words.
Because every press pronouncement from Suarez during the recent Confederations Cup tournament suggested he is anything but.
For the next 58 days Reds fans will be hoping for nothing more significant to come from Suarez’s lips than a “Hello gaffer, glad to be back”.
The Reds boss clearly knows Suarez better than most.
And he is banking on the prodigiously talented number seven knuckling down from July 22 and acting as if nothing has happened.
Clearly it has.
Suarez has blamed the English media for not treating him well.
He has spoken of a good moment for a “change of environment” and he has said “in some ways I feel uncomfortable”.
He has also added: “ I do not know when I’m going and I do not know if I’m staying.”
Liverpool have taken the glass half-full approach.
They are confident that their foresight in tying Suarez to a long term contract 12 months ago puts them in the driving seat.
But that simply preserves his value.
The Reds have had no offers for Suarez’s services. They have received no transfer request.
But Real Madrid don’t do business in the traditional fashion. And Suarez is currently away on holiday.
This could be the lull before the storm, because Suarez has form for getting his own way.
When Ajax wanted to take Groningen’s promising young Uruguayan in the summer of 2007, the provincial club blocked the move.
Suarez appealed to the Dutch FA to force the deal – but an arbitration committee ruled against him.
So Suarez threatened to go on strike.
Ajax eventually got their man.
The Anfield hierarchy are clearly uncertain about Suarez’s future.
Lucas, Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson were chosen as the poster boys for the new third strip unveiled yesterday (it’s hideous, by the way).
Fabio Borini and Jose Enrique were the models for last month’s away strip.
While the club’s highest profile forward was nowhere to be seen.
Having conducted so much admirable transfer activity so early in the summer, the last thing Liverpool need is a saga which is only resolved hours before the transfer window closes – a repeat, in effect, of last summer which left the Reds boss with just one senior striker for the first six months of the season.
With so many other parts of his complex jigsaw in place, Brendan Rodgers can’t afford for one giant sized piece to be lost.
Which is why he will be putting on his best poker face on July 22 – and praying the roulette wheel lands on red seven.
Stop the cyberhate
from now on I will skip talking about our finances. That is a promise and will save myself from looking like a 
Susan Black
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Why not mention all the very good things he said about the club instead of only concentrate on the negative?Stop the cyberhate
from now on I will skip talking about our finances. That is a promise and will save myself from looking like a
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Because it's the negative that makes headlines and sells papers. We all know that. Pity that Suarez doesn't seem to though
Nothing stopping him going to one of his journo mates in Uruguay and doing an interview pledging his future to Liverpool. Pretty sure the journos over here will pick up on the story and run with it.Comment
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This is a few things he said in the interviews the last couple of weeks.
lbceleste ?@LBCeleste 27m
This never made the headlines: Yes but RMadrid. '#Suarez interrupts: "Do u know what is to be a #Liverpool player?" June2013
lbceleste ?@LBCeleste 13m
NONE of his positive quotes were published by the English media. Only "Suarez unhappy at LFC wants out" WTF?
lbceleste ?@LBCeleste 27m
This never made the headlines: "Imagine, they showed me a fan that had my face tattooed! Imagine that! Fans are amazing" #Suarez #LFC #YNWA
lbceleste ?@LBCeleste 32m
This never made the headlines: Do u have dealings with RMadrid? LS: No. I've a contract with Liverpool" #Suarez June2013
lbceleste ?@LBCeleste 30m
This never made the headlines: "I get goosebumps thinking of Anfield" #Suarez #YNWA #LFCStop the cyberhate
from now on I will skip talking about our finances. That is a promise and will save myself from looking like a
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Arn, like I said, he hates the English press (and rightly so). He is totally stupid to think they would pick out anything but the negatives he said.
Celeste is a huge supporter of his. That's obvious. He's given 3 or 4 interviews out there since the end of the season. Nothing stopping him giving another to say he's staying.Comment
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If Suarez did pledge his future to us then the English media would IMO twist it to that he is gready and refuse to put in a transfer request because he want the money he would miss out on if he did that.
They would never accept that he would stay because he want it. They would then go on and on the whole season telling everyone of unhappy he is.
Even if he loud and clear said that he will stay very few people would believe him. Even if he loud and clear said that he love the club very much very few people would believe him.
Gread is a word that would be used very much.Stop the cyberhate
from now on I will skip talking about our finances. That is a promise and will save myself from looking like a
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Resemblance is uncanny - the cuntWhat do you mean it could've been anyone? Name me one person who's got a grudge against penguins
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F*** off!!!Comment
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Oh I don't know.Comment
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Get more loyalty out of vermin than you do from SuarezComment
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Leave Nige out of it..
Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
May the Lord bless this post.Comment
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Has he not gone yet ffs?Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom-2 years1year0.5 yearsComment
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