Luis Suárez

[Fosterbloke]

I don't care anymore.

[danperkins]

It is getting boring alright, hopefully it's sorted out asap & we can start to prepare our team next season.

There is something wrong in the world if the isn't a saga at LFC in every transfer window.

[baitman]

in the early part of last year we did quite well without suarez but i doubt we could have sustained that through the year. once he came back he gave us a massive boost and our attacking play was on fire.

we will miss him again, but his return, if there is a return, will be like the late arrival of the signing of the season.

but the reality is that if suarez wants out we can just try and make the best of it, get what we can, and rebuild.

all this has come as no surprise really. its a shame, but we knew he would be off one day. barca having a bit of a wobble made me think this would make them try a lure him. i mentioned this a while ago [once the season finished] and tried to search but couldnt find it. sanchez might lessen the blow but i doubt we will get him.

we will have sturridge and lambert. we need another decent, ready to go striker.

[ChrisDR1968]

The indulgence is understandable. World's 3rd most prized asset playing for a club not in the world's top 25. I thought the club did extremely well getting him in line last season and it looks like he missed having his club mentors nearby and regressed. He's behaved a bit like a kid going on year 6 PGL

A club not in the world's top 25?

I consider Liverpool to be a club that has been one of the top 10 football clubs in the world ever since Bob Paisley won 3 straight European trophies in the late 1970's.

It has nothing to do with monetary worth and everything to do with status, fame, fan base and accumulated success

Monetary worth goes up and down with every season but status, fame, fan base and success is a much more long term deal.

[Norbs]

You may, and fwiw I do too, but we're somewhat biased in where we see ourselves on the world stage. Perhaps top 15 would be more realistic and all the teams ranked above us would want him which makes our efforts to keep him all the more difficult

[G]

Indeed. It's been clear for years that top players don't see us as attractive very often, except Suarez but he's mental

This summer will be interesting to see if a return to the CL changes our attractiveness. If Sanchez chooses Arsenal ahead of us I'd be worried. Still a big club in terms of history and fan base though.

[ChrisDR1968]

For what it's worth here is my football club top ten:

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Manchester United
4. Liverpool
5. Juventus
6. Bayern Munich
7. AC Milan
8. Arsenal
9. Atletico Madrid
10. Inter Milan

So if Suarez goes to Barcelona he's be moving from the 4th biggest club in the world the the second.

[ntto]

I can't see the Spanish FA ever banning him if he played for barca

Couldn't see FIFA being so strict if he played for barca either

Can't see barca taking the risk if they were worried about a further ban

[kev776]

For what it's worth here is my football club top ten:

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Bayern Munich
4. Manchester United
5. Liverpool
5. Juventus
6. AC Milan
7. Arsenal
8. Atletico Madrid
9. Inter Milan

So if Suarez goes to Barcelona he's be moving from the 5th biggest club in the world the the second.

Sorted it for you

[dom9]

For what it's worth here is my football club top ten:

1. Real Madrid
2. Barcelona
3. Manchester United
4. Liverpool
5. Juventus
6. Bayern Munich
7. AC Milan
8. Arsenal
9. Atletico Madrid
10. Inter Milan

So if Suarez goes to Barcelona he's be moving from the 4th biggest club in the world the the second.

Which criteria are you using to rank these?

Please show us your calculations and remember, you'll lose marks for not showing the full workings.

[Norbs]

Chelsea, City, Munich and PSG currently pose a more attractive option than us, easily. Add to that Athletico as Spanish champions and Juve as Italian champions and that makes us 10th. Arsenal have huge appeal as a London based club, the Milan clubs hold similar sway. Puts us 13th most attractive option in Europe

[tanner]

By the end of the transfer window we'll be like Southampton, only better.

[Pablo]

This summer will be interesting to see if a return to the CL changes our attractiveness. If Sanchez chooses Arsenal ahead of us I'd be worried. Still a big club in terms of history and fan base though.

Liverpool's are fit as **** these days. We're one sexy mother****er. We're a bit like Brendan Rodgers really. We've sorted the scary yellow fangs out and got ourselves some pearly whites, we've slimmed down and picked up a sick base tan. We've got our confidence and swagger back. The guys want to be us, the chicks want to be with us. Now form and orderly queue ladies

[dom9]

By the end of the transfer window we'll be like Southampton, only better.

Is that an improvement on being like Swansea, only better?

[ChrisDR1968]

Which criteria are you using to rank these?

Please show us your calculations and remember, you'll lose marks for not showing the full workings.

All-time fame and status plus the size of fan base.

The clubs currently owned by oil rich billionaires do not figure in my top ten because they are weak on the above criteria.

Take those owners away and they become top 20 or 30 clubs at best.