Luis Suárez

[Rowan]

LIVERPOOL have appointed Susan Black as the club’s new director of communications.

Black, who joined the club in 2011 as head of internal communications, takes over from Jen Chang, who was sacked last November after an investigation into his conduct.

Managing director Ian Ayre said: “Our communications team is an essential part of our business operation to manage the dialogue with all the club’s key stakeholders.

“Having worked alongside Susan for the past several months, I am delighted to appoint her to this position on a full-time basis.

“Susan brings a wealth of communications experience to the club and will be a key member of my senior executive team.”

Black will be responsible for managing the press office, public relations, internal communications and photography operations.

“I have been fortunate to work alongside many talented people in the club for the past two years and it is a real honour for me to now lead the communications function for Liverpool,” she said.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport...-chang-3320944

I rest my case

What case? There's no case there!!!! None! No case at all! Just a wild unevidenced punt!

Neee ****ing case like!

[Tee]

Rodgers has come out fighting for us over this and fair play to him, that's the sort of thing that does us and the club proud. My only hope is that FSG don't make Rodgers look like a complete ****wit, undermine him and sell him to Arsenal and that creepy ****er Wenger, that's my biggest fear

Absolutely.

But I don't think JWH is going to mug himself off either having questioned what they are smoking at the emirates.

[Kenneth]

Maybe an interview begging arsenal to let him leave by actually offering his value would be a better idea.

[TheElephantMan]

Telegraph Sport @TelegraphSport 1m
Luis #Suárez reveals all in hard-hitting interview with @TelegraphSport up very soon

I'm too slow with these tweets. I can't wait to read this, I suppose he'll be whining about how badly he's being treated? Maybe he might surprise us and state that he wants to leave the club on good terms?

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

If its true then he can quite simply get to ****, I would much rather him sit in the reserves than play for Arsenal, we are struggling to attract decent names anyway by the sounds of it so **** it. More chance of us getting top 4 if he's not at Arsenal than if he is and we have some extra cash.

[Vermilion]

Really, the bloke has some ****in nerve!

[Tee]

Cannot believe he is going through all this and not yet tried his last resort....an actual transfer request.

[Shaggy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2385606/Luis-Suarez-sold-according-Liverpool-owner-John-W-Henry.html

Suarez is going nowhere! Reds chief Henry makes it clear Liverpool have no intention of selling their star man to Arsenal

PUBLISHED: 22:28, 6 August 2013 | UPDATED: 22:33, 6 August 2013

John W Henry has made it clear Liverpool have no intentions of selling Luis Suarez as he reaffirmed Fenway Sports Group’s commitment to the club.

The Uruguay striker will miss the friendly in Oslo against Valerenga after he was left out of the 21-man squad that left Liverpool because of a foot problem.

Manager Brendan Rodgers had no option but to leave Suarez behind after he was sent in early from training at Melwood Tuesday lunchtime, having struggled to complete a warm up jog and a series of shuttle sprints. He was subsequently sent for a scan.

Suarez had complained of a problem in his foot following an open training session at Anfield on Monday and Rodgers quickly accepted there was no need to persist with running him, as he is not available for the start of the new season.

‘Luis picked up an injury in the open training session at Anfield on Monday and along with a number of other players, we decided this game was too much of a risk for him,’ Rodgers said on arrival in Oslo.

‘I will tell you what I have been saying about him all summer. He is an incredible player. On the field he is a fighter. He wants to win and he showed that last season. We have had a couple of bids from one club, which has been nowhere near the valuation of what he is worth.

‘This is a football club and a city that has stood by him in some of the darkest moments of his career. I have a responsibility to look after all the players.’

The 26-year-old’s future, though, continues to be the subject of great speculation. Arsenal are the only club to have made a bid for him this summer – both offers were instantly rejected – and there has been no sign of them improving their £40,000,001 offer, made two weeks ago.

Arsenal’s interest, however, is not waning and there is a belief at The Emirates that their pursuit will reach a successful conclusion.

Liverpool have taken a robust stance throughout, with Rodgers adamant that he is not going to leave and Henry, Liverpool’s principal owner and the figurehead of FSG, backed up his manager’s view in Norway last night.

‘I don't know why people ask us if we are selling the club or the best players because we are not,’ said Henry, who will attend a Liverpool match this evening for the first time in 13 months. ‘We like to buy stuff, not to sell. We are not selling our best player.’

It is not the first time Henry has spoken out on the subject of Suarez’s future. When Arsenal made their offer of £40million with an extra £1, in the hope of triggering a clause in Suarez’s contract, Henry tweeted: ‘What have they been smoking over there at Emirates?’

Though Suarez, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel miss out, the game will provide Joe Allen – last summer’s big arrival – to build on his encouraging form. The £15million midfielder endured a troubled first year at Anfield but has now fully recovered from shoulder surgery.

‘My challenge is to get back playing at the level I was at early last season,’ said Allen. ‘That's the plan. I managed to hit the ground running when I first signed. Things didn't carry on like that but from the first minute this season I want to give my best and produce good performances for the team.’

[Chazza]

JWH get's in first....

Suarez is going nowhere! Reds chief Henry makes it clear Liverpool have no intention of selling their star man to Arsenal

John W Henry has made it clear Liverpool have no intentions of selling Luis Suarez as he reaffirmed Fenway Sports Group’s commitment to the club.
The Uruguay striker will miss the friendly in Oslo against Valerenga after he was left out of the 21-man squad that left Liverpool because of a foot problem.
Manager Brendan Rodgers had no option but to leave Suarez behind after he was sent in early from training at Melwood Tuesday lunchtime, having struggled to complete a warm up jog and a series of shuttle sprints. He was subsequently sent for a scan.

Suarez had complained of a problem in his foot following an open training session at Anfield on Monday and Rodgers quickly accepted there was no need to persist with running him, as he is not available for the start of the new season.
‘Luis picked up an injury in the open training session at Anfield on Monday and along with a number of other players, we decided this game was too much of a risk for him,’ Rodgers said on arrival in Oslo.
‘I will tell you what I have been saying about him all summer. He is an incredible player. On the field he is a fighter. He wants to win and he showed that last season. We have had a couple of bids from one club, which has been nowhere near the valuation of what he is worth.
‘This is a football club and a city that has stood by him in some of the darkest moments of his career. I have a responsibility to look after all the players.’

The 26-year-old’s future, though, continues to be the subject of great speculation. Arsenal are the only club to have made a bid for him this summer – both offers were instantly rejected – and there has been no sign of them improving their £40,000,001 offer, made two weeks ago.
Arsenal’s interest, however, is not waning and there is a belief at The Emirates that their pursuit will reach a successful conclusion.
Liverpool have taken a robust stance throughout, with Rodgers adamant that he is not going to leave and Henry, Liverpool’s principal owner and the figurehead of FSG, backed up his manager’s view in Norway last night.
‘I don't know why people ask us if we are selling the club or the best players because we are not,’ said Henry, who will attend a Liverpool match this evening for the first time in 13 months. ‘We like to buy stuff, not to sell. We are not selling our best player.’

It is not the first time Henry has spoken out on the subject of Suarez’s future. When Arsenal made their offer of £40million with an extra £1, in the hope of triggering a clause in Suarez’s contract, Henry tweeted: ‘What have they been smoking over there at Emirates?’
Though Suarez, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel miss out, the game will provide Joe Allen – last summer’s big arrival – to build on his encouraging form. The £15million midfielder endured a troubled first year at Anfield but has now fully recovered from shoulder surgery.
‘My challenge is to get back playing at the level I was at early last season,’ said Allen. ‘That's the plan. I managed to hit the ground running when I first signed. Things didn't carry on like that but from the first minute this season I want to give my best and produce good performances for the team.’

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[TheElephantMan]

Think we should wait to read it before getting too wound up though.

[baitman]

i knew it would only be a matter of time before he stated bleating about being a slave

[kingfunk]

I rest my case

Every club has a "press expert" most have nothing to do with what a manager does or does not say. Does she also script all the different journo's questions, or is BR always wearing a direct ear piece to this woman... Your like a dog with a bone Arn.

[Leyton388]

Suarez can get to ****. Unless real come in with a bid for his true value he is going to have to get on with it. I don't even want him here anymore but i don't want him sold to arsenal. I have seen enough of sturridge and Coutinho last season to give me confidence that he wont be missed and we can get the right players in.

[Shaggy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfers-arsenal-target-suarez-2132028

By John Cross
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Arsenal transfer target Luis Suarez tells Liverpool he won't play in any more pre-season games
6 Aug 2013 22:32

Striker drove himself home from Melwood after a scan on foot injury that's being blamed for his absence from Norway trip

Luis Suarez has told Liverpool he does not want to play in any pre-season friendlies until his future is resolved.

Suarez has pulled out of Wednesday night's friendly in Norway against Valerenga, and Liverpool are insisting it is because of a foot injury.

But the striker is determined to force through a move to Arsenal and does not want to be involved as his desire to leave Liverpool becomes increasingly focused.

Suarez was sent for scans by the Reds' medics following training -although he drove himself home from their Melwood HQ.

We understand the Uruguayan's advisers have tried to set a deadline of August 15 for his transfer saga to be completed.

The 26-year-old has insisted he does not want to play in any friendlies between now and then - when the Premier League season starts and he resumes his 10-game suspension for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.

As well as Wednesday's match, the Anfield giants go to Dublin next Saturday for a prestige meeting with Scottish champions Celtic before they open their Prem campaign against Stoke on August 17.

Suarez has also knocked back manager Brendan Rodgers' attempts to hold peace talks, because he is angriest with the Liverpool gaffer and chief executive Ian Ayre over what he regards as broken promises.

The Suarez camp insist there was a "gentleman's agreement" that if any Champions League club came in with an offer of more than £35million, he would be allowed to go irrespective of any clause in his contract.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are certain that the notorious £40m clause in Suarez's contract does not force them to sell.

They also insist he is not for sale and have already rejected Arsenal's bid of £40m plus an extra pound - which the Gunners believed would activate the get-out.

Suarez and his advisers have now taken the next steps by making it clear he does not want to play and, as we revealed, is considering legal action and could also ask for a transfer to force the issue.

Arsenal are very hopeful that a deal can be done with manager Arsene Wenger even suggesting they are looking for an "amicable" solution, although that looks unlikely because of the fall-out between Liverpool and Suarez.

There is a sense at the Emirates that if they can push the Suarez deal through, it will trigger other arrivals as it will show their other big-name targets that they mean business.

Arsenal are still in for Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan with Bayern Munich's Luiz Gustavo as a back-up option.

Dortmund do not want to sell, but an offer of £20m-plus may tempt them.

Wenger is also keen, as we revealed in June, on Freiburg's Germany Under-21 international Matthias Ginter as he can play in defence or midfield.

The deadline for signings to be eligible for Arsenal's two-legged tie to decide if they qualify for the Champions League group stages is August 12.

[Bender]

@ThoseScouseLads: John Henry: "We like to buy stuff, not sell. We are not selling our best player."