Luis Suárez

[TheElephantMan]

His issues being that he's one of the best players in the world with a tendency to bite.

[Kenneth]

If true I think its quite a reasonable price all things considered myself, certainly not a **** one. Its £30,999,999 more than anyone offered us last season. We can't simply value Suarez on talent alone as he does come with serious baggage / risk for the reasons you list. Would still easily be one of the biggest transfers of all time, with only Bale and Ronaldo costing more, both when several years younger and without the same issues.

[Kenneth]

His issues being that he's one of the best players in the world with a tendency to bite.

Not wanting to be here and wih a tendency to miss massive chunks of the season and drag our name through the mud, yes.

[RedAndWhite]

His issues being that he's one of the best players in the world with a tendency to bite.

Not wanting to be here and wih a tendency to miss massive chunks of the season and drag our name through the mud, yes.

If he stays in the PL then he is one slip-up away from being banned for a stupidly long time as the FA would just be waiting for an excuse to stitch him up. However, if he moves to Barca I can imagine he would have to kill somebody on the pitch for something similar to happen.

For me 70 million would be a good price, and I trust us to invest most of it correctly and continue building. Will we miss him, sure - any team would, but I think we will continue to improve overall and as a group reach a higher level.

[TheElephantMan]

Not wanting to be here and wih a tendency to miss massive chunks of the season and drag our name through the mud, yes.

He did well for us last season in spite of those popular assumptions. I don't care what he does if he continues to bang 30+ goals per season for us. For what it's worth I firmly believe that he's gone. It's early in the transfer window and we should wait until we get the best offer we possibly can for him.

[peekay]

If true I think its quite a reasonable price all things considered myself, certainly not a **** one. Its £30,999,999 more than anyone offered us last season. We can't simply value Suarez on talent alone as he does come with serious baggage / risk for the reasons you list. Would still easily be one of the biggest transfers of all time, with only Bale and Ronaldo costing more, both when several years younger and without the same issues.

Also the success/failure of this transfer will depend on how we spend the money, not how much money we get. At any amount greater than 70 million we know have the opportunity to take this team to the next level.

[kingfunk]

If he stays in the PL then he is one slip-up away from being banned for a stupidly long time as the FA would just be waiting for an excuse to stitch him up. However, if he moves to Barca I can imagine he would have to kill somebody on the pitch for something similar to happen.



For me 70 million would be a good price, and I trust us to invest most of it correctly and continue building. Will we miss him, sure - any team would, but I think we will continue to improve overall and as a group reach a higher level.

Nail on head.

[squaddie]

If it was to go ahead, who realistically could we bring in as a replacement/buffer... I've heard Balotelli's name banded about.

[kingfunk]

He did well for us last season in spite of those popular assumptions. I don't care what he does if he continues to bang 30+ goals per season for us. For what it's worth I firmly believe that he's gone. It's early in the transfer window and we should wait until we get the best offer we possibly can for him.

I firmly believe we agreed last summer to let him go this summer if he agreed to stay one more year to help us get into the CL. The new deal was all about a pay rise to compensate for that.
The longer we leave it in the transfer window, it's advantage to the buyers. FSG are doing everything right imo, it's not like Torres, we knew this one was coming, get it done now, give us time to rebuild. He is gone, and I'm sure we will have an improved squad to cope in the CL, thanks to the sale of Suarez. Economics.

[Gibbo]

If it was to go ahead, who realistically could we bring in as a replacement/buffer... I've heard Balotelli's name banded about.

Jackson Martinez would be my choice I think, he's ready to make the jump and we'd be a decent step above for him.

[Harv]

I'd look to get Griezman in to play on the left and Reus for the right.

Around 60m spent right there and our side will be absolutely ****ing deadly. Then 10 on this Orgy dude and we're well and truly covered in the forward spots.

Just leaves Left back and CB to sort

[Glenn Hysen]

If true I think its quite a reasonable price all things considered myself, certainly not a **** one. Its £30,999,999 more than anyone offered us last season. We can't simply value Suarez on talent alone as he does come with serious baggage / risk for the reasons you list. Would still easily be one of the biggest transfers of all time, with only Bale and Ronaldo costing more, both when several years younger and without the same issues.

[danperkins]

Adios weasel

[Pablo]

If true I think its quite a reasonable price all things considered myself, certainly not a **** one. Its £30,999,999 more than anyone offered us last season. We can't simply value Suarez on talent alone as he does come with serious baggage / risk for the reasons you list. Would still easily be one of the biggest transfers of all time, with only Bale and Ronaldo costing more, both when several years younger and without the same issues.

Yep he's no spring chicken any more. He's also one transgression away from an extremely severe ban. I think that has to be taken into account somewhat.

[Norbs]

If it does turn out to be £71m then I think we've negotiated well. £50m profit and 3 seasons worth of a player who has a low attention span