Luis Suárez

[Pablo]

He's only a bull****ter when he says things we don't want to hear.

Exactly

If Balague was saying that Suarez loved the city and was desperate to stay we'd all be lauding his information as spot on

For what it's worth I think at the very least this indicates Suarez might want to leave. It seems likely it's Suarez's agent leaking the information, presumably with Luis's consent. Worrying times IMO

[Fredo]

Exactly

If Balague was saying that Suarez loved the city and was desperate to stay we'd all be lauding his information as spot on

Well that would be more accurate and believable than stating he hates it.

[Darkon]

Not feeling comfortable with the excuse that the family do not like the city. Its pathetic really and I just hope its bull****, but Balague is connected so there must be some truth in it or he would never have gone with the story.

But perhaps that was the only way to make him sign a new deal last summer, a guarentee for him to be able to leave if we couldn't compete (more or less).

It's not uncommon, and at least we would make double what we paid for him, and IMO he is far from as irreplacable as some suggests.

[Tee]

Well that would be more accurate and believable than stating he hates it.

Why? And how do you know it would be more accurate?

[Pablo]

Well that would be more accurate and believable than stating he hates it.

Why would it be more accurate?

[Alex]

He might have written a book on Pepe but that doesn't make him privy to whatever goes into Pere's mind.

No obviously not. What I mean is that he must know his agent, and so his agent might feed him things. (Which might well be bull****)

[Neil Young]

The excuse is preposterous even if things change. I would understand if it was for footballing reasons (though it's arguable he would be more successful at Madrid) but I'm sure Luis is smarter than that.

Come off it. There are lots of possible reasons why he signed a long term contract - a pay rise or better terms in some other way, the insertion of a low release clause so he can leave whenever he wants, the financial security of a long contract in case he gets badly injured... It's meaningless.

[Fredo]

Why? And how do you know it would be more accurate?

Why would it be more accurate?

I'm sure I've read or heard him saying he likes the City and feels at home here. So that would contradict what he said, so why would I believe it?

He might be a liar of course, but time will tell.

[Rich]

I think we've got to accept our position at the table - Read Madrid can double his wages over night, they're always fighting for the league (in Ramos' case literally ), and they play in the Champions League every year. We can't do any of those things, add in the non-footballing factors like language, family and weather and we are going to struggle to keep him if the rumours are true and they do want him.

For Suarez to turn Real Madrid DOWN would be the bigger surprise IMO.

Hopefully the €40m release clause doesn't exist - however I've a sneaky feeling that it is in there. We allowed Kuyt to have a £1m clause remember.

[dww]

But perhaps that was the only way to make him sign a new deal last summer, a guarentee for him to be able to leave if we couldn't compete (more or less).

It's not uncommon, and at least we would make double what we paid for him, and IMO he is far from as irreplacable as some suggests.

I think in the long term he would be replaceable but I think in terms of gaining momentum for a challenge for the top 4 or better next season then it would be very, very hard to end up in an equal or better position having sold him.

[Arn]

The excuse is preposterous even if things change. I would understand if it was for footballing reasons (though it's arguable he would be more successful at Madrid) but I'm sure Luis is smarter than that.

Well, I wouldn't even rule out that he bit Ivanovic so he could get a move. He had a few offers when he played at Ajax but they refused to sell him. After the bite they was prepared to sell him.

Suarez isn't an idiot. If he do something like that then he do it for a reason. He know that the cameras will pick it up.

But that is my opinion.

[Fredo]

Come off it. There are lots of possible reasons why he signed a long term contract - a pay rise or better terms in some other way, the insertion of a low release clause so he can leave whenever he wants, the financial security of a long contract in case he gets badly injured... It's meaningless.

Of course, I'm probably a romantic.

Well, I wouldn't even rule out that he bit Ivanovic so he could get a move. He had a few offers when he played at Ajax but they refused to sell him. After the bite they was prepared to sell him.

Suarez isn't an idiot. If he do something like that then he do it for a reason. He know that the cameras will pick it up.

But that is my opinion.

[dww]

Exactly

If Balague was saying that Suarez loved the city and was desperate to stay we'd all be lauding his information as spot on

For what it's worth I think at the very least this indicates Suarez might want to leave. It seems likely it's Suarez's agent leaking the information, presumably with Luis's consent. Worrying times IMO

That's such an equivocal statement it could have been made by Ballague a few years ago in his 'player x may or may not sign for Liverpool' days.

I think what it shows is that there is money to be made writing speculative stories about Suarez's future.

[Neil Young]

People can like living somewhere but still move somewhere else. That doesn't make them liars.

All this is silly. We have no way of knowing what's going to happen. There's no point clutching at straws or shooting messengers - it's best to ignore it all and wait to see what happens.

[spider-neil]

If Suarez does indeed want out then I can only hope the 40m clause is bull**** because if it isn't that's all we're getting.
40m for a player that is comfortably in the top 5 players in world football. Sigh...