Until the respective Bale, Rooney and Suarez situations are
sorted out, we will continue to debate them. Over the summer I’ve posted
something about all three players, today I am going back to Suarez after
reports emerged that he allegedly told The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian
that Liverpool said he could leave if they failed to qualify for this season’s
Champions League. We still await Liverpool’s response to this, but after a lot
of thought on this situation, this is how I see it.
Suarez scored 30 goals in all competitions for Liverpool
last season, he finished as the second highest scorer in last season’s Premier
League but it still wasn’t enough to get Liverpool into either the Champions
League or Europa League. His performances on the pitch have done more than
enough to show that he is capable and worthy of playing in the Champions
League. Liverpool have every right to feel reluctant about letting him go, but
the facts are simple, they didn’t qualify for European competition this season
and they should not be holding proven players back that want the opportunity to
play there.
So while I believe that Suarez has every right to want a
move, he should have looked to have conducted things in a more appropriate
manner, especially after all the support the club has given him during his most
controversial moments over the years. The fans continue to support him too and
this was proven by the reception he was given when he came off the bench for
the last 30 minutes of Steven Gerrard’s testimonial match against Olympiacos on
Saturday. Surely for the sake of all of those that continue to look up to him,
he should be trying to handle things in a different way so that if he does end
up leaving, he will still have some respect in tact from many connected with
the club.
To conclude, I believe Liverpool should not be as reluctant
to let him go, because they are guaranteed to get a good price for him. And
whatever money he would end up going for should be invested in either a
replacement striker that still has the potential to score lots of goals, because
there are plenty of them out there that I am sure would jump at the chance of
playing for a club like Liverpool, or perhaps it should go towards investing in
youth recruitment so that more young players are coming through the system and will
stand a better chance of playing for the first-team instead of being let go at
an early age and spending the rest of their career in lower league football. It’s
a sticky situation at the moment, but one that both club and player should be
looking to resolve as soon as possible so that both will be able to benefit
from the eventual outcome.
Andrew.
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