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Aspas.
Jeez, if you kept on top of this saga you'd know that, Alex.Comment
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So Aspas replaces him? Should I just lock the thread and be done with it all now?
*Except Michael, who died.Comment
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Aspas in for £7m, Suarez out for £50m and wage bill cut.
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Just got back from hols where I had no internet. Suarez to talk to Arsenal and Reina out on loan flippin eck.Comment
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Ok Florentino Pérez, you can pretty much get involved anytime now please!.
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every season since then, almost inevitable.
It's gone from positive signings in January... to signing young players, freebies, unproven players.... losing out on out main target HM....cutting wage bill (which i agree with) & all the while the Suarez debacle going on.
Any player that doesn't want to be at LFC, which he clearly doesn't... can simply **** off (for the right price of course). It is not healthy for a club having a player that doesn't want to be there.
He's a pure individual, fabulous talent and works his bollox off in every game.. but it is not for the jersey,the fans or the club, it's for himself.
Since the summer people have been saying his quotes are misinterpreted, media witch hunt, lost in translation blah blah blah. Some people feel like they have to make a case for a defence regardless of what has happened.
It's blatantly obvious he has been trying to orchestrate a move. I get people defending himself because he plays for LFC but in all seriousness, with the stuff he has done in the past and whilst at LFC... he really doesn't strike me as a particularly nice person.
I'm curious now after all this ****... if we make him stay... do people really want this type of player at our club? Do people want success that badly that they are willing to overlook all the things he has put the club through & the complete lack of respect he has shown the club?
I'm guessing that even with his previous behavior before LFC, even with his behavior whilst at LFC & even after him trying to orchestrate a move out of LFC......some people still would welcome him back with open arms.
IMO it's a real slap in the face for any LFC supporter.Comment
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I'd rather sell him to Real for £40m than Arsenal for £50mComment
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Let me talk to Arsenal: Suarez is ready to tell Liverpool he wants to leave for London
By DOMINIC KING and SAMI MOKBEL
PUBLISHED: 22:30, 24 July 2013 | UPDATED: 22:49, 24 July 2013
Arsenal expect Luis Suarez to tell Liverpool on Thursday that he wants to leave for London.
It would be the latest twist in an increasingly bitter saga that escalated on Wednesday when Liverpool owner John W Henry reacted to Arsenal’s latest bid of £40,000,001 by tweeting: ‘What are they smoking at the Emirates Stadium?’
That offer, which triggered a clause in Suarez’s contract, was rejected and although Arsenal remain in touch with Liverpool, Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers on Wednesday reiterated the club’s determination to retain their Uruguay striker.
‘If Arsenal want the player, then they have to produce the value for the player,’ he said. ‘There was an offer two weeks ago of £35m. Two weeks later it is now £40million and £1 — I don’t think it is anywhere near what he is worth. But it is two-fold, really. A player may want to go but then somebody has to pay the value of that player.’
Suarez made his first appearance in a red shirt since April 21 during Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Melbourne Victory on Wednesday and received a thunderous ovation when he came on in the 72nd minute at the MCG before setting up the second goal for Iago Aspas.
Real Madrid remain in the picture in the pursuit of Suarez and the fact they have sold Gonzalo Higuain to Napoli has left room in their squad for a new striker. Suarez said at the beginning of the summer, when he first voiced his discontent, that the Bernabeu would be his dream move.
Rodgers, however, is unmoved. He has had a number of conversations with Suarez at Liverpool’s base in Melbourne and will have more discussions with the 26-year-old when they arrive in Bangkok on Thursday.
‘For me, it is work as normal,’ said Rodgers. ‘There is no change for me or for him. He just needs to get on with getting himself fit. Until somebody tells me something different, that is what all my concentration will be on. I am not worried about it messing with his head but there will be no games played at Liverpool.
‘Luis is part of the group and he knows the standard you have to meet at this club, on and off the field.’ Suarez’s appearance in Melbourne allayed fears he would not be in the right frame of mind to play following Arsenal’s bid and while his demeanour was not outgoing — he didn’t celebrate when Liverpool scored — it was different away from the cameras.
In the tunnel area, Suarez was happy to pose for photographs and sign autographs, while he took part in group activities at the team hotel during the day.
Rodgers has had no complaints with Suarez’s attitude since the striker returned from Montevideo.
‘It was a long flight,’ Rodgers said. ‘He met up with the others on Sunday and then trained a double session on Monday, did another session on Tuesday and then played some of the game, so he is a wee bit weary.
‘He’s surrounded by speculation but he is here with us and he is working with the group. He’s very much a Liverpool player and in the coming weeks we need to get him up to speed to ensure he’s fit and raring to go for the beginning of the season ‘But he said he was OK to be involved. He said he was OK to go on to the pitch and his concentration was fine. The bid may be a distraction but players are paid enough money now to produce for their clubs and he just has to keep his professionalism, which he has done.’
Rodgers believes Suarez owes a debt of gratitude to the fans who have backed him throughout his time at the club and said: ‘The support he has received from the supporters and people of Liverpool has been unrivalled despite the fact he has missed a lot of games for various reasons.
‘They have stood by him like a son and looked after him. Whatever happens in the coming weeks I am sure that will be something in his mind.’
Former Liverpool manager Graeme Souness echoed that view and claimed Suarez should feel a duty to help his side get back into the top four.
‘He should stay at Liverpool, be a company man and try to get them into the Champions League,’ said the former Scotland midfielder.
‘Real Madrid are arguably the biggest club in the world and I could live with that. But leaving Liverpool for another English team is not going to endear him to any Liverpool fan.’
Unless Liverpool receive an offer that matches their valuation, Suarez cannot talk to any other club as he is a Liverpool employee with three years left on his contract.
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Dominic King is out in Australia with the team I believe. Rodgers will give him a kicking for making up this ****Comment
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every season since then, almost inevitable.
It's gone from positive signings in January... to signing young players, freebies, unproven players.... losing out on out main target HM....cutting wage bill (which i agree with) & all the while the Suarez debacle going on.
Any player that doesn't want to be at LFC, which he clearly doesn't... can simply **** off (for the right price of course). It is not healthy for a club having a player that doesn't want to be there.
He's a pure individual, fabulous talent and works his bollox off in every game.. but it is not for the jersey,the fans or the club, it's for himself.
Since the summer people have been saying his quotes are misinterpreted, media witch hunt, lost in translation blah blah blah. Some people feel like they have to make a case for a defence regardless of what has happened.
It's blatantly obvious he has been trying to orchestrate a move. I get people defending himself because he plays for LFC but in all seriousness, with the stuff he has done in the past and whilst at LFC... he really doesn't strike me as a particularly nice person.
I'm curious now after all this ****... if we make him stay... do people really want this type of player at our club? Do people want success that badly that they are willing to overlook all the things he has put the club through & the complete lack of respect he has shown the club?
I'm guessing that even with his previous behavior before LFC, even with his behavior whilst at LFC & even after him trying to orchestrate a move out of LFC......some people still would welcome him back with open arms.
IMO it's a real slap in the face for any LFC supporter.
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