Luis Suárez

[Sarb]

IMO the clubs stance has changed since he returned from his summer in Uruguay. Once they spoke to him, like you've said, their tone in any interviews has subtly changed.

Saying that, I can't see him ending up at Spurs. Its only Mike Jeffries saying it, so its complete bull**** anyway.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has noticed

[TheElephantMan]

I still have a feeling he'll end up at Chelsea or Man City if Real Madrid land Bale. The other clubs in the Premiership either can't afford him or cannot offer him Champions League football. I suggested this months ago and people dismissed my suggestion, doesn't seem all that unrealistic now.

[Bender]

I still have a feeling he'll end up at Chelsea or Man City if Real Madrid land Bale. The other clubs in the Premiership either can't afford him or cannot offer him Champions League football. I suggested this months ago and people dismissed my suggestion, doesn't seem all that unrealistic now.

city have enough strikers even if they sell dzeko,so i'd rule city out as for Chelsea yeah that's very possible but it would go against the club saying no to selling to their rivals

[RichC]

City have Dzeko , Negrado, Jovetic and Aguero. Highly unlikely he'll go there. Chelsea is a possibility I guess but I'd imagine he'd prefer to move abroad than somewhere else in the PL

[dom9]

I still have a feeling he'll end up at Chelsea or Man City if Real Madrid land Bale. The other clubs in the Premiership either can't afford him or cannot offer him Champions League football. I suggested this months ago and people dismissed my suggestion, doesn't seem all that unrealistic now.

It's still unrealistic imo.

[TheElephantMan]

Well we'll see. My suggestion was no more ludicrous than Suarez going to Arsenal or Spurs.

[RichC]

Except Arsenal have made bids for him City and Chelsea haven't

[Sarb]

Except Arsenal have made bids for him City and Chelsea haven't

They may as well have not bid with the ridiculous amounts they did bid

[TheElephantMan]

Except Arsenal have made bids for him City and Chelsea haven't

Not yet. And Arsenal are a joke.

[RichC]

City won't be in for him. Chelsea COULD make a bid for him but I'd be surprised if they do.

[TheElephantMan]

I wouldn't.

[Bender]

City won't be in for him. Chelsea COULD make a bid for him but I'd be surprised if they do.

what if and i'm saying IF and this being football and money,chelsea said £45 or £50million + Torres ? what would fans and lfc's reaction be?

[Fierce]

He just flips from one negative outcome to another. Nevermind that Madrid probably won't sign him and Arsenal have been priced out. Most fans first reaction would be, "I can probably see him staying". His is, "I think Spurs are a real possibility for Suarez". He just comes across as hating everything about the club, and I just don't get that kind of 'support'

So he IS Arn then?

Literally couldn't describe him more accurately

[Sarb]

Liverpool have become the target of Europe’s wealthiest pilferers as the transfer volcano threatens to erupt

The rumblings have not ceased all summer, but for the moment the inhabitants of football transfer land continue to stare at the volcano waiting for it to erupt.

Potential move: a big bid for Luis Suarez from Spurs would be most welcome at Anfield

11:59AM BST 31 Jul 2013

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The activation, many believe, will be Gareth Bale’s move to Real Madrid for £85 million. It is suggested today this will enable Spurs to penetrate the monotony of the Luis Suarez to Arsenal affair, Manchester United to test Madrid’s resolve to keep Cristiano Ronaldo as they press on for Cesc Fabregas, thus making the possibility of David Moyes selling Wayne Rooney to Chelsea more palatable, and offering Tranmere all the hope they require to lure Fernando Torres back to Merseyside from Stamford Bridge

That last one might be fanciful (Tranmere think Torres is well past his best, although Marine need a striker if he’s still got his heart on a return to the North West).

The Suarez to Tottenham link is a product of that specifically football-related mathematical equation where 2 plus 2 equals a £50 million bid.

It would be surprise if, once they’ve received the Bale cash, Spurs did not seek to annoy Arsenal by outbidding them for Suarez while aspiring to ensure Liverpool had no chance of finishing above 6th for the fourth consecutive season.

Indeed, a mega Spurs bid for Suarez would be most welcome at Anfield. Not because it would be accepted but it might prompt those who have a realistic chance of signing Suarez to meet his actual valuation.

A Spurs bid would also be attractive to delight in Suarez’s reaction. Presumably he’d make it clear he only wanted to leave for Champions League football so Spurs’ interest was on the more extreme side of futility. Best be careful about jumping to conclusions were Suarez is concerned, though. Lest we forget he was comparing the persecutors of English football to the tormentors on the road to Calvary before Arsenal’s shoddy attempt at a quid pro quo.

Liverpool supporters continue to mock when hearing of Arsenal and Spurs’ plans and they’re still, just about, entitled to do so. The Anfield patient remains ill but it has not lost its faculties so much to reckon selling your best player to Arsenal makes sense. Players largely gain sympathy for wishing to join clubs who regularly win titles, but leaving to play a few games in Europe is a relatively new phenomenon. At least Arsenal are always in the Champions League. You might need to lock some of the greatest Harvard minds in a room for several weeks before you come up with a reasonable theory as to why Suarez would leave Anfield for Spurs.

There is a broader problem for Liverpool, however. These stories will repeat themselves until they restore a top four place.

Although the club continues to perceive itself as one of the greatest institutions to bless this shores, those above in the Premier League are seeing them more and more as Aston Villa.

This may not be easy for everyone at Anfield to accept but being top of the ‘wow, look how many people around the world support us and follow us on Twitter’ league is not impressing anyone but themselves.

It’s hard to recall a time when Liverpool looked more vulnerable, not only in terms of losing their best player but struggling to convince those they covet to join the club.

A former Liverpool coach once offered a revealing insight into the rather straightforward recruitment measures of the top Premier League scouts.

Basically, they go through the top European leagues, identify the best players in each team and work their way through until they find one that is obtainable.

Thus, when they were a top four club, Liverpool could analyse the Premier League squads of those in fifth, sixth and seventh and identify players who’d strengthen their own squad and, presumably, weaken those who might threaten their Champions League position. It’s precisely the same principle Arsenal – and possibly Spurs – would use by targeting Suarez.

If Spurs planning to use Bale funds to sign Suarez does not, on the surface, seem much to worry about, the symbolism of Liverpool’s best players now being seen as potential targets by England’s fifth-placed club surely is.

Liverpool have gone from being one of the club’s most likely to poach the best of the rest to being the target of Europe’s wealthiest pilferers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-to-erupt.html

[TheElephantMan]

I wouldn't have Torres back now, but if Chelsea were prepared to pay £50m for Suarez then we'd have to seriously consider it. We're a long way behind Chelsea and City.