Will Suarez leave? The 2014 version
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The worse thing your club did was actually sell Ronaldo. You should have held onto him. A part of me actually feels the FA should intervene as I think selling the best players to other European leagues reduces the value of the PL product.
From a football perspective yes I 100% agree but sadly very few football clubs are run just as football clubs these days and money always matters.
If you take the Ronaldo £80m transfer plus another £15m pa in wages over 4 years that is a cost of £140M. It is very unlikely that the inclusion of just him has increased the RM profit by that much over the period since they make less than £100m pa profit total.
Madrid made more than £80m in one year thanks to shirt sales. Piece of piss for these boys, I don't think they'd bat an eyelid if Suarez fee ends up at £100m, they'll just pay it.
http://metro.co.uk/2010/04/15/crist...o-manchester-united-real-madrid-claim-242129/
Went and had a search around on the Maradona/Suarez comparison that Moron (the poster) mentioned and found this gem...
Luis Suarez: The Modern Maradona?09-12-2013
A technically outrageous but partially insane talent hitting his peak and a guiding light of a less than convincing national side. Sound familiar?
James Wynn
Luis Suarez: The Modern Maradona?
‘’At his best he can be as graceful as Michael Jordan. At his worst he can be as disgraceful as John McEnroe.’’
They were the words of writer Rick Telander in 1990 to describe one Diego Maradona, however they could quite easily be used to describe Luis Suarez in 2013 – though changing McEnroe to ‘’Pinochet’’ would certainly appeal to some quarters.
The Uruguayan has had a year where he’s destroyed teams with dazzling footwork and predatory finishing. A year where flirting with Arsenal very nearly destroyed his relationship with a set of fans who’s support in him has been steadfast to say the least. He also decided 2013 was a fine time to dine alfresco on Serbian meat.
He is a flawed genius.
But whereas in the past the emphasis may have been on ‘flawed’ it’s now leaning considerably to genius. After-all this is a man who’s managed 25 goals in almost as many league appearances this calandar year, and a man who has dragged a lacklustre Uruguay side kicking and screaming to Brazil.
2013 has been a year where Suarez has finally started to refine his talents and begin to build his case that it will be him who will be joining whatever planet Messi & Ronaldo inhabit and no-one else, and with the way he has started the 2013/14 season for Liverpool it is hard to argue that it might not be long before he joins them.
A technically outrageous but partially insane talent hitting his peak, playing in a flamboyant club side that is growing with each week whilst being the guiding light of a less than convincing national side.
Sound familiar?
This brings me back to Diego Maradona. Take away the self-destructive off-field behaviour as well as the 5 yard difference in position - which I’m sure the anally retentive will point out - and you can’t help but see the similarities in style and career trajectory between the Argentine master and the Uruguayan magician.
The period leading into the World Cup of 1986 saw a more mature, a more focussed Diego Maradona and he arrived at the tournament as somewhat of an underdog to the two great treasures of the early to mid-80’s, Zico and Platini.
That isn't to suggest El Diego‘s talents weren’t recognised so much as it is to say that they weren’t quite heralded enough and it’s the same with Suarez; only now is he starting to be recognised as the superior talent in the Barclays Premierleague. Even then it’s only reluctantly.
Furthermore both used to and still do indiscriminately harass defenders and officials , both have shown the kind of silky football that make fans instinctively flock like the Salmon of Capistrano and both are capable of producing moments in matches that will go down in football folklore for better or worse.
So what exactly is there to stop Luis Suarez building on 2013 and making 2014 his year in the same way Diego did nearly 22 years ago?
Well there is of course himself. Yet you can’t help but feel that at the present time not even the most reckless of on pitch actions will stop him from staking the claim that in time people may recognise him in an amongst the pantheon of footballing Gods.
Love him or hate him Suarez may well be the closest thing we’ll get to another Maradona so with 2014 fast approaching and El Pistolero looking better than ever maybe it’s time all football fans began to embrace the madness of a true genius, because he won’t be around forever.
Suarez won't be going anywhere if Brendan Rodgers tells John Henry he wants to keep him.
Anything less than a world record fee would be a travesty
I love Suarez but why is everyone going on about him right now as though he's this undiscovered source of footballing ability. Even the English media almost bizarrely seem to adopted him in the face of England getting dumped out of the tournament.
Dude has scored two goals against a poor England side. If Uruguay don't make it past Italy, is anyone (England / Uruguay fans apart) going to care about his impact on the World Cup?
People have wanted to see him on the biggest stage to see how he does, it might have been a poor England side, but his two goals were taken through sheer (typical) opportunism and desire to anticipate what other forwards wouldn't have. Not many strikers would have pulled that off, regardless of how lackluster we were.
People are expecting/wanting a big performance from one of the World's biggest players, it's what everyone wants to see, same with Robben, if he played poorly in the first game, people would say he can't do it on the big stage, he plays well and everyone gets carried away with the euphoria. It's the nature of the game, when he was getting kicked everywhere on and off the pitch, he didn't have anywhere to turn without being vistimised, now he's riding on the crest of a wave and he can't do anything wrong. Thanks in no small part to a great season free of unsavory behaviour. You reap what you sow and all that, they'll hate him again in a few months.
Barcelona beat Real Madrid to £52m signing of Liverpool's Luis Suarez, claims Spanish press
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2663432/Barcelona-beat-Real-Madrid-52m-signing-Luis-Suarez-Liverpool-hero-prepares-swap-Premier-League-La-Liga.html#ixzz35GjoVoUQ
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- Mundo Deportivo report Barcelona are close to agreeing £52m deal for Liverpool striker
- Liverpool inserted a £68m release clause in Suarez's last contract
- But this is £52m if Barcelona or Real Madrid show an interest
- Deposed La Liga champions want to pair Suarez with Lionel Messi and Neymar
- Also considered bids for Robin van Persie and Marco Reus
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2663432/Barcelona-beat-Real-Madrid-52m-signing-Luis-Suarez-Liverpool-hero-prepares-swap-Premier-League-La-Liga.html#ixzz35GjoVoUQ
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That's utter bollocks obviously.
Like FSG are going to let him go for that. I don't even believe the £68 mill.TBH, let alone 52.
I think that's a very good point. I trust FSG not fuck something like this up. It's clear how much they rate Luis from last season and the 'smoking' comment. As if they are going to allow a £52m clause! - Utter rubbish.
Well.... it was reported at the time he signed the contract that the buyout clause was £100m and £130m if it was a premier league club.
Alternative reports at the time put the buyout clause at £70m.
There's no way it's £52m.
None.
Alternative reports at the time put the buyout clause at £70m.
There's no way it's £52m.
None.
Wonder what PSG would offer? After all they all paid £50m for David Luiz
Its like the papers are deliberately winding us all up.
Now they've started stories about Sterling. Real Madrid and Barca are such a tiresome pair.
Real Madrid are keeping tabs on Raheem Sterling - and are ready to pounce next summer.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti is a big admirer of the Liverpool teenager and will monitor his progress in the next 12 months.
Sterling, 19, was one of the few bright spots in England's World Cup campaign and that has only added to his growing reputation.
Ancelotti believes he has a big future ahead and sees him as a potential world superstar but will not move just yet.
Liverpool will be desperate to keep Sterling at Anfield and the same goes for Luis Suarez who is attracting interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...otting-swoop-liverpools-3738381#ixzz35IiHWR56
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Real Madrid are keeping tabs on Raheem Sterling - and are ready to pounce next summer.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti is a big admirer of the Liverpool teenager and will monitor his progress in the next 12 months.
Sterling, 19, was one of the few bright spots in England's World Cup campaign and that has only added to his growing reputation.
Ancelotti believes he has a big future ahead and sees him as a potential world superstar but will not move just yet.
Liverpool will be desperate to keep Sterling at Anfield and the same goes for Luis Suarez who is attracting interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...otting-swoop-liverpools-3738381#ixzz35IiHWR56
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