Luis Suárez

[peekay]

A situation you helped create with the millions you pissed up the wall on average players.

[Arn]

A really touching post, Marina. I've fallen out with people through defending Suarez. It's crazy isn't it? I don't really talk about it in much depth anymore. Ultimately, does it really matter? certainly not enough to be falling out with friends and family. Suarez is just another example of how mercenary players have become, that's the reality of modern day football. what's that saying, 'god give me the strenght to accept the things I cannot change?' I'm trying to adopt that mentality now towards football. I won't get involved in debates about suarez, except to point out how hypocritical other fans are when pretty much every single team has their share of divers, cheats and mercenaries.

Like mr m said, I'd be happy to ship him off to real madrid if he really doesn't want to be here. I'd be looking at getting some swap deals going on as well mind you. While no one wanted to go to spurs, I reckon xabi could make a good case for us - when all's said and done we are still one of the most prestigious names in world football.

Suarez isn't only another example of a mercenary player. He is also one example of how much power DBF had. If he wanted a player branded a cheat or whatever then that player would have no chance to defend himself.

He wanted Torres to be branded a cheat and a month or two later after many many articles branded him a cheat his reputation was destroyed.

We Liverpool fans of course knew the truth. Torres had almost stopped to dive. He took a lot of punishment playing alone upfront for us but who cares about the truth. DBF wanted him branded a cheat.

The same happened to many other players, not only our players like Suarez and Torres. It also happened to Arsenal, City and Chelsea players.

[Venton]

With some due respect that's paranoid, self-pitying horse****. When things aren't going that well for you there's a couple of things you can do, you can whine about how the world is against you or get on improving it for yourself. Suarez's issues are **** all to do with Ferguson.

[Kenneth]

With some due respect that's paranoid, self-pitying horse****. When things aren't going that well for you there's a couple of things you can do, you can whine about how the world is against you or get on improving it for yourself. Suarez's issues are **** all to do with Ferguson.

Pretty much.

[Cormack74]

A situation you helped create with the millions you pissed up the wall on average players.

I didn't hear the interview but it would be nice to think the interviewer might have alluded to this. I don't suppose for one moment that he / she did though.

[Chazza]

John's latest update.....

Luis Suarez will try to force his way OUT of Liverpool this week to make Arsenal move
4 Aug 2013 22:30 By John Cross
Uruguayan's camp considering legal action, Premier League arbitration and even putting in a transfer request after 'broken promises'

Luis Suarez will try to force his way out of Liverpool this week.

Suarez and his advisers will turn up the heat on Liverpool as they grow more determined to engineer a £40m move to Arsenal.

They are considering legal action, taking their argument to Premier League arbitration and even putting in a transfer request as the saga threatens to turn nasty at Anfield.

As revealed in Mirror Sport last week, Suarez and his advisers feel let down over what they see as broken promises they claim were made if Liverpool missed out on the Champions League.

Suarez got a fantastic reception from Liverpool's fans in Steven Gerrard's testimonial on Saturday and the Uruguayan has respect for the supporters and his team mates.

But it is understood that the anger is at the hierarchy who he says promised by a gentleman's agreement to let him go to any club in the Champions League if an offer of more than £35m was made.

Suarez has also refused to give up on the £40m clause which he believes entitled him to a transfer, although Liverpool are adamant that it only obliges them to inform him of an offer.

Liverpool also insist they will not sell while it is understood Arsenal - who bid £1 over the £40m clause to activate his get out - are reluctant to improve their offer until the events of this week unfold.

But there is a growing belief that they can land Suarez with the Liverpool striker and his advisers becoming increasingly entrenched in their determination to get out.

It remains to be seen whether Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers can keep a player who is so intent on leaving but they are unhappy with Suarez's advisers and Arsenal over the saga.

However, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists they have always acted with class and respect and tried to be private in their dealings. It was Liverpool who went public on both bids and the £40,000,001 offer.

Wenger said: "We try to do it properly but a transfer is always an agreement between three parties and we have always done that until now."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/luis-suarez-transfer-unhappy-striker-2125026

[Gibbo]

John Cross in making point then not supporting it with quotes *SHOCKER*

[Chris]

John Cross is a ****ing cunt. Pere Guardiola is the **** brother and a ****ing cunt.

[Exiled_red]

That's a new article? it sounds exactly like the same **** he has been writing for the past few weeks, I hope they don't keep paying him for repeating the same article day after day.

[Chazza]

Luis Suárez: Arsenal are lacking class, say Liverpool
• Brendan Rodgers attacks Arsenal over transfer attempt
• Luis Suárez stays away from Gerrard testimonial diner

Brendan Rodgers has accused Arsenal of lacking class with their attempt to activate a disputed clause in Luis Suárez's contract by one pound.

Suárez was the only member of Liverpool's first-team squad not to attend a testimonial dinner for Steven Gerrard on Saturday, having earlier received a warm reception from the Anfield crowd during a 2-0 friendly defeat of Olympiakos. The gala dinner at ACC Liverpool was part of the captain's efforts to raise more than £1m for his charitable foundation.

Suárez and his representatives believe the 26-year-old should be allowed to open talks with Arsenal after they offered £40,000,001 almost a fortnight ago. Liverpool insist a bid over £40m entitles Suárez to be informed of rival interest and for the club to enter negotiations if they wish but nothing more. And Rodgers has described the sum offered as disrespectful as he reiterated Liverpool's intention to hold the Uruguay international to a further 12 months of a contract that has three years remaining.

"I was surprised," said the Liverpool manager of Arsenal's second bid for Suárez. "I've got to say I've always associated Arsenal as a club with class and so there was a wee bit of a game there. For us, it's about moving on and doing our own work. There will come a point where they understand our position. Obviously they have an interest and they put that interest in with two bids which were nowhere near what the player is worth. That's within their right. There is a market in football for players but from us the message is constant. We do not want to sell."

Suárez has told Liverpool he wishes to join a club in the Champions League, having previously claimed he wanted to leave England due to criticism from the media. Rodgers insists Liverpool have control of the transfer saga and that the club's owner, Fenway Sports Group, is not looking to cash in on the outstanding but controversial forward.

Rodgers, who spoke to the principal owner, John W Henry, about Suárez on Friday, said: "I'm extremely confident that Luis will be here [next season]. The offers have come in as you would expect for one of the world's leading strikers but as time goes by I'm gaining more confidence because I have a chance to be with him on a day-to-day basis and he gets the chance to be around his team-mates. We're in total control of the situation as a club and that's how it will remain.

"The owners have been brilliant. If it was another club needing the money or desperate for the money it could have been a different story. But John Henry and Tom [Werner, the chairman] have been first class through the whole process, so there are no arguments there and it gives you the confidence they are not in any hurry to sell because they understand we are trying to build here."

Rodgers refused to divulge details of his conversations with Suárez since the club rejected Arsenal's £40,000,001 offer. "Any conversations with a player are private," he said, while admitting all players have their price and that Real Madrid's world record offer for Gareth Bale exposed the weakness of Arsenal's move for Suárez.

The manager said: "Gareth Bale is a wonderful player and if they are prepared to pay that money, that's where he is, but there is no way he is 100% better than Luis Suárez. But it's not something we want to entertain this year. We understand it could be different next summer. A player with two years left on his contract is totally different but Luis has three and we want to bring people in to play around and with him so we can sustain a challenge this year. That's the simplicity of it. I know the board are standing strong and I know where I am at and Luis knows exactly what my thinking is. From speaking with the club and the board there is no actual date [on a cut-off point] but certainly there is a timeline beyond which you would never sell, and really we are at that stage now because it is so close to the start of the season. We're focused on Luis being here and getting more in so we are part of the conversation about being at the top of the table."

Arsène Wenger feels Arsenal have acted with respect and class towards Liverpool during their attempts to sign Suárez. "We try to do it properly," the manager said on Sunday. "A transfer is always an agreement between three parties and we have always done that until now."

Liverpool's attempts to get players in include a £21.8m bid for Diego Costa of Atlético Madrid and they are hopeful the Brazilian striker will this week inform the Spanish club he wants to move to Merseyside. Liverpool had also agreed a fee with Benfica for Lorenzo Melgarejo but Rodgers has cooled on a move for the left-back. The manager wants either Guilherme Siqueira of Granada or Valencia's Aly Cissokho to increase the competition on José Enrique.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/04/luis-suarez-arsenal-liverpool-rodgers

[TheElephantMan]

Being a sports journalist must be the easiest job in the world, when there's nothing to write about they just repeat the same fictitious bull****. Anybody could do that. We should stop reading their columns, if their webpages stopped getting hits they would have to write something worth reading or get proper jobs.

[Fredo]

Big meanie is Rodgers.

[Gazzla]

I'm not convinced we'll keep Suarez but I'm 100% convinced he won't end up at arsenal

[danperkins]

I'm not convinced we'll keep Suarez but I'm 100% convinced he won't end up at arsenal

[TheElephantMan]

I'm not convinced we'll keep Suarez but I'm 100% convinced he won't end up at arsenal

it's just stupid, Wenger is a tit.