12 Aug 2013 15:23:21
If L'pool stick to their guns and refuse to sell Suarez to another premier team it will probably be the right decision. Players like Suarez and RVP are the difference and should never be sold to a rival if the club has any sense of ambition - however unrealistic that ambition might be.

1.) 12 Aug 2013
I agree Jay - especially when you read the comments from Suarez when he signed his new long term contract last season:

"To sign a new contract with Liverpool is unbelievable for me because I am so happy here at both the club and also in the city.

That is important for me and I am very happy with my new contract.

When you are a kid, everybody wants to play for Liverpool. I am here now and it is a dream for me, and now I am a Liverpool fan.

I am happy off the pitch because the people of Liverpool are good with me and my family. I try my best on the pitch and when you are happy off the pitch, you are happy on the pitch.

I want to say thank-you to the fans because they are our 12th player. The supporters of Liverpool are unbelievable.

Five or six years ago I watched on TV the stadium and the club, and now I play here and the supporters have helped me. That's very important for me."

So what has gone wrong? Not a fan anymore Luis? Why sign a new deal just a year ago if you had no intention to stay? None of this makes any sense at all. IMO I don't blame Liverpool as Suarez cannot be trusted but I think they are making a big mistake - it worries me greatly as a Gooner that we are bidding such large amounts for this decieving horrible man - don't let the goals the player can give cloud the real mark of this man - trust me Liverpool forcing him to stay will do us a big favour but them keeping him will damage their club further - if I was them, I would of 'bitten' Arsenal's hand off when they offered £40m + £1 (sorry for the pun) :)

2.) 12 Aug 2013
Not sure that will turn out to be good business at the end of the day. If Suarez believes he had that agreement it cannot end well for Liverpool. The mood in the club will take a dive and just cannot see Suarez doing a uturn. Arsenal will not keeping up the offer and could well be the only takers. Liverpool may have to continue to pay him to sit on his backside. Liverpool are trying to take the high moral ground but personally think they are on very slippy ground. They should negotiate as best as they can on price, move him on and recruit in before the window shuts. If anyone knows how difficult the situation is it is our club.

3.) 12 Aug 2013
One difference is that RVP only had 1 year left on his contract which gave him a big advantage over his preferred destination.

4.) 12 Aug 2013
Players have the power now, look at bendtner.

he could actually terminate his contract but he would rather get paid. Where as for Arsenal we can't terminate his contract, unless it has got to do with some very serious crime.

Suarez will choose his destination. If they want to sell him to Monaco, he could decline, or refuse to play for them and the deal just falls.

Look at Di maria and Coentrao. They will barely play this year, they have been offered in the Bale deal, yet they don't want to move and the club is powerless.

The only good thing out in spain is that every player has a buyout clause, even if some clauses are unreasonable.

This should be a requisite in EPL, so that players if moved, the team gets premium price, rather than haggling.

Arsenal want Luis Suarez, buyout of 50 million and that makes it a bit more bearable.

but with the bale deal hitting insane money, it goes to show logic no longer exists.