Last night, Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa confirmed that he had 'not heard anything' a proposed summer transfer to Liverpool FC. The Reds have reportedly put in a €25m bid for the controversial Brazilian, but in an interview earlier this evening, Atletico emphatically pulled the chain on any potential transfer.
When quizzed last night about Liverpool's interest, Costa told Spanish newspaper AS:
"I've not heard anything about this. I'm happy here, and if the club want me to be here, I'm going to be here.
"The coach [Diego Simeone] knows how important it is to maintain the squad, the fans know it as well."
Speaking to AS this evening, Atletico Madrid Sporting Director Jose Luis Caminero added
"He is going to stay. Diego Costa is a very important player for Atletico, we value him very highly and we are convinced that this year he is going to score a lot of goals with Atletico. He is an idol for the fans."
The failure of this deal should come as no real surprise - Liverpool's transfer business this summer clearly shows that the club is incapable of closing any deal worth more than £9m. The £20m Mkhitaryan deal went sideways, and now the alleged Costa deal seems to fallen through.
Not to worry though - Liverpool are linked with proven, renowned players like Lorenzo Melgareja and Faouzi Ghoulam; coveted, skilful footballers chased by the top clubs in Europe. And the best part? They're cheap as chips!
At the beginning of July, Brendan Rodgers told reporters:
"What we've done in the early part of the summer is to improve the squad. Now what's important over the next three to five weeks is improving the team".
One month later and Liverpool still haven't signed anyone to 'improve the team', and with the new season only 11 days away, the club is running out of time to bring in experienced players capable of taking the Reds to the next level.
Costa may not be the answer, the failure of this particular transfer may not matter, but signing the Brazilian would've been a clear statement of intent from Liverpool, but when it comes to crunch, it seems that the Reds just didn't want him enough (translation: the club didn't want to spend the money)
Now, if only Costa was available for £9m...
Jaimie Kanwar
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When quizzed last night about Liverpool's interest, Costa told Spanish newspaper AS:
"I've not heard anything about this. I'm happy here, and if the club want me to be here, I'm going to be here.
"The coach [Diego Simeone] knows how important it is to maintain the squad, the fans know it as well."
Speaking to AS this evening, Atletico Madrid Sporting Director Jose Luis Caminero added
"He is going to stay. Diego Costa is a very important player for Atletico, we value him very highly and we are convinced that this year he is going to score a lot of goals with Atletico. He is an idol for the fans."
The failure of this deal should come as no real surprise - Liverpool's transfer business this summer clearly shows that the club is incapable of closing any deal worth more than £9m. The £20m Mkhitaryan deal went sideways, and now the alleged Costa deal seems to fallen through.
Not to worry though - Liverpool are linked with proven, renowned players like Lorenzo Melgareja and Faouzi Ghoulam; coveted, skilful footballers chased by the top clubs in Europe. And the best part? They're cheap as chips!
At the beginning of July, Brendan Rodgers told reporters:
"What we've done in the early part of the summer is to improve the squad. Now what's important over the next three to five weeks is improving the team".
One month later and Liverpool still haven't signed anyone to 'improve the team', and with the new season only 11 days away, the club is running out of time to bring in experienced players capable of taking the Reds to the next level.
Costa may not be the answer, the failure of this particular transfer may not matter, but signing the Brazilian would've been a clear statement of intent from Liverpool, but when it comes to crunch, it seems that the Reds just didn't want him enough (translation: the club didn't want to spend the money)
Now, if only Costa was available for £9m...
Jaimie Kanwar
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Talks are still on going? James Pearce has tweeted. It's standard for a club to say he isn't for sale. Inter Milan did it with coutinho and coutinho even said it.
ReplyDeleteGood article jaimie agree 100% with you. Our club with Rodgers and Ayre leading the way are heavily struggling to get the real business done this summer.
ReplyDeleteWith suarez clearly edging closer to leaving the club, we absolutely need to reinforce our group. The team we have at the moment isn't up to challenge for a top 4. Place - no way IMO.
But everything is going to be allright according to the naive-optimism-brigade, "lets have some faith" "we will buy the marquees soon" etc etc - ah I forgot something put a smiley after every sentence :-) :) :)
getting sick ...
Yeah well, with what has happened this evening we could really do with signing another striker quick!!! So we need those negotiations to step up pronto!
ReplyDeleteWho cares what James Pearce says? The available facts of now are that Costa is staying at Madrid. A tweet by a journo does not carry the same weight as a statement from the club's Sporting Director. Things may change, but for now, I choose to believe Madrid.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the difference between you and James Pearce??? LFC never posted on their page that they had put in a bid, The media did!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying he knows more about it than us. If talks are still on going then the deal isn't dead. Every club says this that's all I'm saying :)
ReplyDeleteWell he said he is happy at madrid, they are playing CL, he's used to the league there, people there speek his language (or at least understand him). If we could only have someone to convince him to come to us.
ReplyDeleteWell if you have lost faith in your Club you can go support another! No one is asking you to keep supporting LFC. Personally I think all this whining is pushing our team down!!! This is the nature of the business if you can't stand it support somebody else!!
ReplyDeleteIf the word is true that we offered to at least triple his wages, then that might be a big move in the appropriate direction.
ReplyDeleteBut i find it hard to believe that he would easily dismiss such an offer, which makes me believe the reported wage offer is probably not accurate.
Agree. All clubs start with this stance...even SAF categorically denied Beckham and Ronaldo would leave days before they left. Our stance is that Suarez is not for sale but he'll be gone in 1-2 weeks (esp given his interview in Guardian tonight).
ReplyDeleteA deal for Costa might still happen.
Since when have Liverpool had to answer to poor journalism. Where did this rumour about Costa start it wasn't any thing Brendan Rodgers or Liverpool said. The week before we had signed Bernard that went quiet now its Costa next week it will be someone else....Maybe Shane Long why not.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is I have posted a FACTUAL statement, i.e. the words of Atletico Madrid's Sporting Director, someone who will know more about the situation than James Pearce.
ReplyDeleteMy point here is simple: when choosing between two statements, it's clear that Jose Luis Caminero's statement carries more weight at this stage.
If LFC made a statement about Suarez, and some journo tweeted otherwise, what would you be more inclined to believe? I'd believe the club first.
I am happy with what lfc are doing with the wage structure it is obvious we are never going to get top 4 again ,so we wont lose much money
ReplyDeletewe just have to accept it , and aim to win the carling cups ,fa cups and uefa cups of this world .
I dont mind unless we play bad football ,
6th is never a bad position
6/92 is a super position.
Yeah but nobody from LFC said we have tabled a bid for Costa! Wether LFC have or not we don't know that. We were made to believe that MK was on his way to Melwood for a medical and we all know what happened. Everybody is speculating.
ReplyDeleteJamie please takeover lfc , you were right we needed to sell suarez after evra incident he has absaloutley disgraced lfc
ReplyDeleteand i critisized you , im sorry man
Yes, I agree, but given the club's transfer performance so far this summer, I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteBigger deals are always difficult to conclude - all clubs are struggling to land their big targets (Rooney, Fabregas, etc.). Wenger has failed to land any of his main targets.....yet
ReplyDeleteWhy would LFC say they've tabled a bid? When does any club say that in public? This point is irrelevant, and way too literal. That's not how football works, and you know it.
ReplyDeletelol This is brilliant!!
ReplyDeletesuarez to hand in a transfer request by the end of the week so I do hope we can close off a big signing cos if we can't were fcuked. murial, yilmaz or martinez and we may be alright, (snap out of it martin, its not gona happen) maybe even sow, who knows.
ReplyDeletewe need to move on , there are more coutinhos out there to be bought
ReplyDeleteAlexander pato could be a fantastic signing or luis muriel
Yeah, you're right. Maybe talks are still ongoing, but I doubt it. Rodgers is in Norway, so he's clearly not talking to Costa (unless it's on the phone - hardly a great way to entice someone), and if Ian Ayre is doing the negotiating, forget it!
ReplyDeleteThat's not entirely true Jaimie, lots of clubs say that they have tabled bids, Wenger admitted he had tabled a bid, Harry Rednapp says so all the time, it does happen.
ReplyDeleteSo then the Madrid Director is just answering what the Media have been speculating. So we don't know if LFC have tabled a bid because the Director would have said LFC have tabled a bid and we are rejecting the bid.
ReplyDeleteOkay, yes, it does happen, but it's clearly the exception, not the rule. In LFC's case, it never happens. I can't recall one instance under Rodgers, KD or any previous LFC manager when the club posted something on the official site stating 'We have made a bid for X'.
ReplyDeletePerhaps someone can prove me wrong on that :-)
I think fans should now apreciate torres , he never done anything wrong .
ReplyDeleteNever broke discipline code , never talked to the media dne everything with dignity as an lf player it was only when he left, he mildly critisized lfc.
This is karma at its best tou victimised a innocent human being called him judas and trator , now you meet the real judas and the real traitor and devil.
Okay, yes, it can happen, but it's clearly the exception, not the rule. In LFC's case, it never happens. I can't recall one instance under Rodgers, KD or any previous LFC manager when the club posted something on the official site stating 'We have made a bid for X'.
ReplyDeletePerhaps someone can prove me wrong on that :-)
You can always give examples. There are teams that managed to land their priority targets quite fast and easily. Swansea Southampton for example didn't spend the world but bought in good players, their priority targets.
ReplyDeleteBut we shouldn't orientate on other teams, instead focus on our business.
James Carr will feel vindicated reading this.
ReplyDeleteOne reason I believe this may actually happen is because it was really out of the blue (At least I think so anyway). An for us to bid enough to meet his clause says something no?
ReplyDeleteForget Costa. infact im so happy he wants to stay at atletico. theres something in his transfer that feels too risky. i dont think Costa is capable of hitting 30 goals in a season, so at 22M i believe its too expensive. no offense, Costa is a decent player, but how about 12M and were talking.
ReplyDeleteforget that. lets get Christian Eriksen for £15M and Luis Muriel for £15M for a combined fee of £30M. that will be a sign of real intent and there is some massive potential in those 2 transfers and present ability that will add to the squad massively. we still have about 25-30M to spend on a marquee signing and if we can get those 2, we can expect big things this season. whether or not Suarez leaves. should suarez leave, although Muriel would already be a suitable replacement, who will also grow overtime, with £50M+, we can really make a big overhaul on the squad. sign Leandro Damaio for £24M to replace him (Damaio would be a better big physical forward than Costa), trigger Bernards £21M release clause and buy Mohamed Diame for £6M. thats £51M in total. our club will then hold household names like gerrard, coutinho, mignolet, toure, eriksen, agger, muriel, damaio, bernard, diame, skrtel, sturridge. we will definately compete, hands down
YNWA
First it was the media.
ReplyDeleteThen it was for Champions League.
Now, it's Liverpool lying to him saying that in the first year of their new manager, if they didn't make the Champions League, when they were awful in the league in the 2nd half of the prior season and saw a club legend get the sack, he would be allowed to leave for a Champions League club.
Let's forget about the pay raise, and contract extension through 2016 (which he didn't have to sign by the way).
Every time his bluff is called, he comes up with a new excuse.
I hope Real comes calling, gives us our 40m... and I hope he becomes the new Torres and can't score a goal.
100% my thoughts
ReplyDeleteMy only worry with this guy is that he may turn out to be another Suarez with a touch of Torres....All of Suarez' problems and Torres' inability to score at his new club (Consistently anyway).
ReplyDeleteYou don't care for defenders don't you ?
ReplyDeleteJudging by Suarez`s latest interview he off very soon. I can`t see any way of keeping him now, not that thats a bad thing. Which leads me to my point. We have spent about a massive nothing so far, we will get at least 40mil for Suarez, prob not much more though. Do you think we will actually turn a profit this window? Also, Costa is a really bad replacement for half of the money from Suarez. He will spend more time out than Suarez through bans if his history is anything to go by. Haven`t the club learnt anything? I can hope it was all just rumours. Which then makes me think who is left to sign with the 40mil? If the club end on a net of zero I think that is a bad sign. Not because we should always spend loads, but because after lowering wages by selling most players with high wages, dispite some being good players, we look to be returning to H&G transfer style, which was the start of us dropping to the level we were at. Maybe FSG will throw in 10mil or 20mil and we will have a blinding end of the window, I can only hope.
ReplyDeleteYet another top class player BR fails to sign!! This lack of "pulling power" will render another season of mediocrity!!
ReplyDeleteThis may get BR the sack, it's one thing to manage Swansea and another to manage LFC!!
We NEED to buy a top class FORWARD and a DM!! I don't know why we have not gone for Diame, he is definitely an upgrade on Lucas!
Really frustrating being a reds supporter, Suarez may leave us late in the window like Torres did and we have no pulling power left to buy anybody decent post £9M!!
Even Comolli is taking cheap shots at us, calling us a "top 8 club"!!
The desperation SUAREZ is showing to leave LFC is embarrassing.It baffles me why ARSENE WENGER who I credit for being super intelligent would take such a risk on the biggest troublemaker in football.He must see LS as the last roll of the PL dice before he does a SAF and retires.
ReplyDeleteREAL MADRID I could understand but pushing so hard to go to ARSENAL is chainsawing everybody attached to LIVERPOOL in the back after the support given to him for his disgraceful actions.
His character is rotten and that along with the much publicized on field offences is the reason we haven't had a long queue of clubs wanting to sign him this summer.LFC will move on but it will take more than one player to replace the impact SUAREZ has on the team.
IF anybody listening to Talksport, Steve Nicol is a HATER!!!! He just threw LFC under the bus!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother frustrating Summer for Reds fans and I think Jamie's article does summarise a disappointing and at times embarrassing time of it so far. Very concerned at the club's inability to attract "marquee "overseas players . Lack of Wuropean football a bigger problem than BR and FSG imagined their patience not mirrored by intended overseas targets. I'm unsure of their intention or willingness to spend big as they continue to dither I.e are they interested in Ericksen and Papodopolous or not ? They are willing to sell ! Suarez behaviour is obviously a disgrace but what more can we have expected from one who feasts on the flesh of opponents! However am wondering about the impact his public desperation to quit the club and a potential legal battle , will have on our ability to attract new players. BR and FSG don't seem to be winning the PR war at the moment. Not assisted by a pro London media ( who Suarez is supposed to detest ! ) who are lapping up our struggles. Just doesn't feel like a good time for LFC ,a case of déjà clouds !
ReplyDeleteI don't understand how anyone can feel any sympathy for him tbh, he is just stirring up the shit again, pouring more fuel on the debate & once again remaining in the spotlight.......
ReplyDeleteThe irony being all this coming from the english press that he is now manipulating as a part of his agenda....
& should we really let him go to Arsenal...for 40mil..?
How much damage is he going to be allowed to inflict on the Club..?
Not sympathy at all bud, just meant I understand his point. The interview was all very decent, explaining a lot of the stuff which has been said, it seemed understandable if they had a agreement in place.
ReplyDeleteNo I dont think he should go to Arsenal for 40mil or even 50mil.
Hopefully no more damage. I ideally would like he gone, soon too, and abroad, only problem is no clubs seem to want him other than Arsenal, which seems to be the sticking point. I think if we got a offer of 40mil from Madrid we would accept it, but I cant see that offer coming.
Well, one thing Louis does very well is protest his innocence.....says a lot of things....some true some questionable, almost paradoxical like.....
ReplyDeleteA quote taken from the Mail last year...... "I will wait until the end of the season and see how we are doing. We won't know until then how we are doing and what our position is, so I am prepared to wait until that time.But I want to say now that, if you want to know what will happen to me if we don't qualify for the Champions League, then I will say this: I have a contract with Liverpool and I am very happy here. I will stay.
Do you still understand his point...?
Sorry, not last year, published on the 31/01/2013....
ReplyDeleteI've stopped listening to TALKSPORT because all this talk of a LS exit does my head in.But it doesn't surprise me that STEVE NICOL said something bang out of order.He never turns down the opportunity to goal kick LFC in nuts!
ReplyDeleteI predict a very late bid from Madrid. Our hand may be forced.
ReplyDeleteThis is the same old crap for the last six to seven weeks. All these great players we are supposedly lined up for and if the price has double digits, forget it. Last summer déjà vu, sadly. Great new kids and Toure but all low cost. Real experienced guys 10m or more, game over. uggggghhhh.
ReplyDeleteThe words of Atletico AND the player. If we were just going on the world of the management then we'd all be assured that Suarez is staying at LFC.
ReplyDeleteIf the intial reports are correct then Liverpool were willing to pay the money in so much as they made the actual offer. You don't offer to pay money you're not willing to spend. Alternatively the reports were over the top and Liverpool simply made an enquiry. In which case we don't rightly know what their level of interest in the player truly is. Maybe they made an enquiry, were told his release clause and "nothing less than that will move him" and then simply walked away. Very easy for the press to get that wrong and conclude that Liverpool had made a concrete offer. Considering Atletico have stated clearly that no offer was made and we're taking their word for it at this stage, it's almost certain that is what has happened. We asked his price, were told and then decided it was too much.
ReplyDeleteSo it seems the Reds just didn't want him enough. Translation: its seems the Reds just didn't want him enough. There isn't really any reason to suggest otherwise, except if you've already got a pre-conceived notion that the club is trying to do everything on the cheap. Now if you're sure that Costa is worth this kind of money then that's a different case. I'd like to here your arguments in that regard. Otherwise it's really quite fair enough for the club to put a value on a player and not pay over that value. Do you seriously expect the club to pay over the odds? Why? Does that seem sensible to you?
On the other hand I suggested on a different post that sometimes you simply pay what you need to pay to get the player you want to get. If he's the one you want, you pay the price, even if it's a bit inflated. In that case all I can suggest is, again, Liverpool didn't really want him, and certainly not at the quoted price. Of course maybe that will change, but going on what we know for now I really don't see why we have to conclude that Liverpool have "failed" or fallen short in some way. Just because they didn't pull the trigger immediately as suggested by over-exitable press reports, doesn't mean it's bad business.
Yeah you right!! The funny thing is he never said this stuff when KK was the manager. Personally he is disrespecting KK by trying to say things like this about BR and LFC. We all remember what he did at New England.
ReplyDeletei agree with you zantos why shoot a man then throw him from a plane....love that bat man quote so profound...why have a 40m clause that only allows you to talk it may as well be a pound if it doesn't set a fee...i actuallyy think suarez has a point but Americans never lie where money is concerned so perhaps fsg have a point
ReplyDeleteIf your scoring 10 goals a game they arent that necessary
ReplyDeletesuarez was lied to buy the club and rodgers ,i has a fan know how he feels ,goodluck suarez as long as you do not go to an english club ,i just wish torres would come out and explain ,as he says often enough the real reason behind his move,fsg will ultimately let us down,the sooner they leave the better,until then its time for years in the wilderness,and to the fans who sniped at kennys success ,give it a couple more seasons and you will be estatic at a carling cup
ReplyDeleteReal Madrid will come in for him but I'm pretty sure they won't be offering any more than Arsenal. They will do what they do and probably bid 25mill just to stir hings up.
ReplyDeleteCan't get too worked up about it. Costa at over 20 million seems a fools deal if you consider what Soldado went for. If we don't sign him, so be it. It's not like losing out on Mkhitaryan
ReplyDeleteWell we are a top 8 club as the last 2 years has shown.
ReplyDeleteYes because Suarez is a model professional who would never lie in order to force the move.
ReplyDeleteAlso were there during the negotiations between Suarez, Rodgers and Ayre's.. yeah didn't think so
A lot of the problems is that people are far to ready to believe everything they read in the press.
ReplyDeleteWe really do not have any idea if we have spoken to clubs regarding the countless number of players that we have been linked with over the few months.
You see when we disregard the fantasy and move back into reality Liverpool are not in any European Competition and are no more then a top 8 club.
The ongoing situation with Suarez I imagine is also not helping in attracting players.
Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs are all in Europe and thus are a more attractive alternative to Liverpool.
It pains me to say this but that those are the facts.
no iwas not was you,the facts are ,the club made the contract (and who ever put in such a low release clause needs to be fired asap)and if rodgers did promise this ,he needs sacking for shooting is mouth of once to often ,if suarez is right and he can leave for 40million heads need to roll
ReplyDeleteFACT.. Nobody other than representatives of Liverpool Football Club and Luis Sauzes knows the content of the contract.
ReplyDeleteNo I wasn't there which is why I do not make comments which appear like I was there, something which you do often :)
Lets be honest if there was this type of low release clause Suarez would have been gone already. I can believe the fact that BR promised he could go and is now going back on it but I can not back Suarez on this.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to shut up and get his advisors to find a club who is willing to pay the correct amount. At 50m he is under valued, but in all honesty i think LFC will take it. Saying "set me free" is just a kick in the teeth, he gets paid well to play for a top club (albeit we have lost our way) and now should just be quiet and work together with the club to get his move. He signed the contract he needs to honour it until he and the club decides he can leave.
Right now our scouts should be working 24 hours a day to identify targets to replace Suarez and actually buy them, even if Suarez ends up staying, I want too much talent and not a lack of it. We can make top 4 if we invest!
Disagree, you need defensive cover, according to Koptie S we would play a midfield 3 of Gerrard coutinho nd suarez, this for example wouldn't work... If you have no structure and only offensive players, you wouldnt have 10 goals a game and I think its years to risky to play like this, eventho every single player he mentioned excites me. This is a FIFA lineup ...
ReplyDeletejust havin a bit of a laugh yes i agree.;
ReplyDeleteYes we are and like every Reds fan, this is despicable!! LFC have a tradition, LFC have a history unlike some other clubs in the top 4!!
ReplyDeleteBottom line: LFC should be aspiring to challenge for the title and not scrapping for 4th place!!
Hopefully you're right!!
ReplyDeleteWhy... Do we have some divine right to be a top 4 club?
ReplyDeleteYes we have history, but that is what it is, History.
I want us to be Challenging for the Title year in year out and hopefully in the years to come that happens, but at the moment we are quite away from that.
We have spent years in decline and you can not change that in a matter of a few months.
It will take years to reverse that decline, fix the mistakes that have been made by many people, managers, owners and make progress, unfortunately and perhaps more so because of our fans who repeatedly bring up our history and use it as a big stick to beat everybody over the head with it, it is much more difficult for who ever the manager and owners are.
So why did he sign a new contract then? No one forced him , it was his desire to get more money.
ReplyDeleteI think this "gentleman's agreement" is made up by him and no-one else..
The way I look at it is, if there was some kind of minimum fee release clause, as you say, Suarez would of been gone long ago.
ReplyDeleteSuarez would of taken Liverpool to court in a heartbeat as he has done previously before when he wanted to join Ajax.
Right now I believe what we are seeing is that a lot Posturing by Suarez.
I believe he knows full well that he is bound by his contract and he does not want to forfeit any money by handing in his transfer notice, so he is he doing his best to make his position at the club untenable as well as openly saying to every club out there "Please Come and Get Me"
we will see who is telling the truth because if it is suarez we are screw£d
ReplyDeleteimo suarez will leave and i do not think we will get anywhere near what hes worth,because imo there is a clause,i also think fsg are trying to drag it out as not to spend his transfer fee,saying it was to late to invest ,i said this on day one of the suarez saga(if he did leave)and nothing as changed my mind
ReplyDeleteIf there was a clause, i can only imagine he would have left already
ReplyDeleteI disagree mate, LFC were very close under RAFA a few years ago, if we strengthen the weak areas with marquee signings then we will definitely be up there again!
ReplyDeleteLFC inspire me, whoever manages LFC should be a winner and expect to achieve things!
Mediocrity and mercenaries will not be tolerated! That is just my opinion, credit to you for being awake, posting a comment at 3.40am!
wake up lad, he wants to go to arsenal, "goodluck suarez" your having a laugh, I always enjoyed reading your posts but this just takes pi5s
ReplyDeleteThat few years ago was now.. 4 - 5 years ago, and before then how long?
ReplyDeleteAs for marquee signings, what do we class as marquee signings and why should they sign for a club who are not in Europe and have finished 8th and 7th in the last 2 years?
As for the 3:40am, I live in the uk where its 10:40am. The last time I was awake 3:40am was when my kids were babies lol :)
I have a feeling arsene might know aswell.... i wonder who told him???
ReplyDeleteLiverpool are not screwed. All this hysteria about losing Suarez is misplaced. When he goes, it won't make the slightest different to LFC. The club finished 8th and 7th in the last two seasons; any finish higher than that *without* Suarez this season will prove the irrelevance of his loss.
ReplyDeleteSuarez is telling his story, but you'd hardly expect him to admit that he's wrong. He's going to fight for the right to have a promised honoured that he thinks was given to him, but it's not yet true how iron-clad that promise was. No, we don't know what the conversations were. We know what Suarez thinks but we also know what the club thinks. They disagree, and maybe that's just the reality of it. Even when you have a contract there are still legal battles. That's what lawyers are for, because even a well written contract might not be totally clear.
ReplyDeleteSuarez obvioulsy thinks he was promised the right to leave, but I suspect what the club promised him was the right to "consider" a proper offer. That offer had to be MINIMUM 40 million pounds, but the club would always have the final say on what was acceptable. In this market it's not enough. We all agree that. No way is it enough. He's as good as Bale and he's better than Torres was when we sold to Chelsea. So the club is doing the right thing in considering an offer, but they have reserved the right to say no. Suarez obviously thinks that's not right, but if he's not gotten the right clause written that guarantees his release for a fixed amount of money then it's his own daft fault.
This has to be fair to everyone and Suarez is having his typical whinge that most players do. What he fails to understand is that the club has to do what is best for the club, not him. 40 million to sell to a direct rival is not what is best for the club and he knows it. Arsenal are going to have to stump up the extra cash if they want him. I say 50 million and be done with it. They're welcome to him.
For only 40 million I think we'd not come out the best. If that's the final price it's not enough, not for me, not for selling to the team we're trying to knock off 4th place. So no, of course we're not screwed, but if it turns out that we can be held to only 40 million I think it's a bit of a problem.
ReplyDeleteWhat I suspect is that we said we'd consider offers and accept one if we thought it was enough. 40 million was the minimum, so it was written as that much, but I think Suarez is being naive if he thinks we should be happy to only get that much.
ReplyDeleteIm not worried about suarez going, that was decided a month ago. im not even worried aboutwhether its 40 or 50 mil.
ReplyDeleteIm panicing over the fact we dont seem to have the capability to get any serious transfer over the line. Even if we get 50mil, will we be able to spend it on anyone of any consequence? At this point im thinking no.
I'd say when it comes to a Suarez replacement the club would be keeping cards very close to their chest. I don't think we've seen who they might have lined up, but then I'm still being reasonably optimistic. The thing about it is ... with Suarez we're down a player for 6 weeks. If we replace him, the new player is available straight away. So even if we go deep into the transfer window to make that late signing, we're still better off having a player who can play straight away. He'll have time to settle in and fit the team before we'd even be expecting to have Suarez back. Honestly, if we can work out the price I say Arsenal can have him and forget about it. Just get them closer to 50 million and be done with it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, get him out. Its poisonous st this stage. Interviews in the guardian ffs. But i really dobt believe we have a replacement lined up, ive been saying that for weeks.
ReplyDeleteAnyway i really hope im wrong.
Suarez has covered himself in glory again. Just when you thought he couldnt get any classier...
Your thought train is laughable sometimes.
ReplyDeleteFSG dragging it out so they don't have to spend it? What are you talking about? Even if that did happen, what about when the window opens again?
not if fsg want to play hardball and drag it out so we do not have time to reinvest it
ReplyDeleteit will if we do not reinvest the money ,do you honestly think the team we have at this moment in time is stronger without suarez,because i certainly do not
ReplyDeleteThat's not how a release clause works. Of there is a clause then they have to accept the offer. There is no hardball.
ReplyDeleteyes lets get 50 million on deadline day and bank it
ReplyDeletenow why would that be we have rodgers calling for loyalty .the same man who when asked about joining reading from watford went on about loyalty only to leave a week later,or what about when he became our manager and promised not to buy swansea players for a year only to sign allen ,yes i do ?whos telling the truth but its hard to believe anyone when you aredealing with a pack of lies
ReplyDeleteyes they have to except it ,so how comes suarez is on about taking action about it ,you can drag it out
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ReplyDeleteFor him to leave yes, I still want a good price though, and it also gives us barely any time to sign a replacement, so it may be another Carroll or nobody at all. Both are bad.
ReplyDeleteBut if there was a clause FSG wouldn't have a choice, he would just leave and Arsenal would just transfer the money?
ReplyDeleteMate look up on YT Brendan Rodgers on LFC by Darren Farley for some comic relief during these stressful LFC times
ReplyDeleteDamiao yilmaz hulk Martinez.... Take your pick
ReplyDeleteYes I do. Its not that I like the guy, just I can see his point. That dont mean I like things he has done, or how he acts.
ReplyDeleteI don`t know bud, although thats the case with every player and manager. Rodgers left his clubs to step up a level, just like players do. In a ideal world I do agree all players would see out there contracts, however this would then create us and other clubs not getting any transfer fees for players, of which I`m sure most fans would be unhappy with, as when Owen run his down, people turned on him. In that case Suarez would be on a lose, lose situation (with the fans) as if he dont sign and runs his contract down, people are unhappy, if he signs a new one, and therefore the club can get more cash for him, people are still unhappy if he leaves.
ReplyDeleteI dont blame any player for signing new contracts. I know if my work offered me a new one, for more money, I would sign it, even if I thought I would leave in a year.
Its also worth noting if we had got CL he might not have wanted to leave, thus the new contract would have been worthwhile for all parties.
There is many things which I dont like about the guy, esp how he acts, how he always plays the victim and how he talks so much to the press while saying he doesn`t like how they treat him. Very much a Diva.
But....I dont blame a player who is world class wanting to leave us after we have failed to sign world class players and show any ambition to get back in the CL. I wouldn`t expect Messi to play for Wycombe F.C and stay there, so I dont expect Suarez to stay with us. We have drifted into a average team. (I dont think he should talk about it like he does, just dont blame him for wanting to leave).
Without, because with Suarez we pass to him then he try's to nut meg them all then we lose possession. Also IF we do sell Suarez then the money would be invested in the team like what we did with Torres.
ReplyDeleteA manager with puliing power can still attract marquee signings, aka top players. BR does not have this pulling power sadly!
ReplyDeleteLiked your comment about being up with your babies at 3.40am! (The email to your response said "posted at 3.40am")?
i will do m8 i could do wit a laugh
ReplyDeletewe will see
ReplyDeleteha ha he spoke more sence
ReplyDelete' I can believe the fact that BR promised he could go and is now going back on it but I can not back Suarez on this'
ReplyDeleteDitto.
Just glad that I don't support Arsenal, Durham loves them(!)
ReplyDeleteA player is only worth as much as somebody is willing to pay.
ReplyDeleteIf clubs are only willing to pay 40mil for Suarez then he is only worth 40mil
To an extend yes a manager can sway a player but those managers are very few.
ReplyDeleteWould we be able to sign players that we normally wouldn't be able to if we had a Mourinho, maybe, but would a manager like Mourinho want to manager Liverpool, A club which does not have the spending and power of the likes of Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea or be willing to pay the wages those teams pay?
Unfortunately with many players today its all about the money, just look at some of the players going to France, Russia, Middle East.
Have you noticed that LIVERPOOL are always a topic of discussion on drive.They know any news to do with our club the switchboard lights up.
ReplyDeleteARSENAL as you mentioned take a constant battering from DURHAM who i used to hate but he's grown on me.
The breakfast show i stopped listening to years ago because they focus too much on MAN U.
They had a show years back that had BALAGUE, MARCOTTI and DURHAM it was the best radio show ever.To improve ratings i'd bring that back!
I like Marcotti. Kept Durham a little bit in check, just a little! The man is impossible! But that his role I guess, to be provocative. His stubbornness is just awesome when its in full wind up mode
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