Should We Sell Suarez To Arsenal?

Suarez... would you sell him? Well it's reaching that point in time when getting in a replacement is going to prove difficult. The top strikers in his price range have already moved and even the next tranche down are looking to clubs qualified for the Champions League.

Would I sell to Arsenal? Would I hell!!! We are competing to snatch their Champions League place away. What ever happens, we should refrain from selling to another Premiership club. In fact, the goal should be to hold on to him if possible, just as Spurs look as though they're now doing by offering Gareth Bale a new contract.

Even if we receive £50 million plus from Arsenal, it's naive to believe that we would be guaranteed two world-class players for that price.  A month ago Gonzalo Higuain was supposedly available for between £20-25 million, on Wednesday he's bought for a reported £34.5 million and Arsenal see one of their top targets, disappear to Napoli, with £55 million burning a whole in their pockets from the sale of Edinson Cavani to Paris St. Germain.

Luis Suarez

 

Fans have made Philippe Coutinho a firm favourite because of some very promising displays, and listening to the little Brazilian, he is determined to continue to up his game to force himself into his countries World Cup squad. Should he not make the final squad and we not make th Champions League, Rodgers shouldn't be surprised to get a knock on the door with another disaffected player on his hands. If we don't believe that will happen, look at the distress Christian Benteke caused after his first decent season in top class football.

Football is a fickle business with contracts not being worth the paper they're printed on. As such, Liverpool Football Club has too move away from the feeling of becoming a selling club which many see us as anyway. The only way to get around this is to become successful sooner rather than later and first port of call is to get Suarez to stay and not jump on the removal van which seems to swing by every few years and has seen Alonso, Mascherano, Torres and even Benayoun leave for pastures.

When one listens to Liverpool stalwarts such as John Aldridge and Ian St. John talk about how players like Aspas have been hit with their realisation that they're now at a great club, it must hurt every Liverpool supporter to hear players saying either they need to get away to be successful or choosing to go elsewhere because Champions League is the criteria by which success and greatness is now judged.

It's good to hear Ian Ayre say today "The situation with Luis Suarez remains the same.  It's never been our intention to sell Luis."  I hope so!

There was a time at this football club when failure would not be tolerated and we need to bring that mentally back into the melting pot... why? Because quite simply we are Liverpool Football Club.