LFC Used To Create Stars – Not Chase Or Sell Them!
THE man who’s been scoring regularly and creating chances for Liverpool left right and centre, suddenly seems to be in the middle of a transfer speculation.
Where are the days when money didn’t do all the talking in people’s minds? Back in the day, once a player and the club committed their future to each other, that was where the line would be drawn.
If people want to point at high profile departures in recent years, then let’s look at Cristiano Ronaldo. Fantastic player for Manchester United, in terms of statistics anyway, yet only left after he’d expressed his desire to leave.
Robin Van Persie and Cesc Fabregas, again left Arsenal because they wanted to.
David Beckham left Manchester United back in 2003 because of a major fall-out with Alex Fergusson who just didn’t want him anymore.
Fernando Torres left Liverpool because he was constantly complaining about anything and everything over the last year of his stint at Anfield. Plus he handed in a transfer request on deadline day in January, which was well timed with Chelsea’s £50 million offer.
So with these examples in mind, how is Suarez part of a building transfer speculation? He’s said he wants to stay, the manager would be brain dead to let him go – given he’s been pulling the team forward for weeks now, and the fact that other teams are scared of him makes it absolutely ridiculous to consider letting him go.
The same mistakes seem to be repeated in terms of hanging out the proven players to dry, in anticipation of what another good player could do in a Liverpool shirt.
This habit of salivating at every possible opportunity of ‘what could be’ has been one of the major reasons for Liverpool’s downfall.
The players who’re more or less anything but the engine in the team, have been lately treated as more than replaceable. Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam combined for Raul Meireles had to be the biggest joke of them all.
The Liverpool management currently seem to be doing well in terms of identifying the people who are integral to the squad. Suarez is one of them.
Offer the world for him and it should be turned down. Why? Because not only is it unhealthy to ill-treat those who deserve to remain on the pedestal for a very long time, it’s also been proven in the past by the likes of Real Madrid, that simply assembling good individual players doesn’t make a good team.
The Galactico’s should have, on paper, cut open every defence they came up against, to absolute shreds.
It didn’t happen.
So what Clint Dempsey or an Edin Dzeko can do in a Liverpool shirt is all too well to try and imagine, but not at the expense of Luis Suarez doing to the Reds’ defence, what he’s doing to the rest of England right now.
Surely Andy Carroll, whether he’s asked back from the Hammers, or sold on, albeit at a loss, would still make enough funds available for a decent forward. It doesn’t always have to be a big player.
Why not someone like Shane Long? He wouldn’t be too expensive for FSG to scratch heads over signing the cheque, yet he had enough quality last weekend to make the Chelsea defence look like schoolboys.
Liverpool used to create stars, not chase them. Maybe it’s time to return to certain basics as far as attitude and approach is concerned, before the past glories are dreamt about making a return to Anfield.
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November 26th, 2012
We need investment to take us forward, a proven striker first. We`ve got to have a mixture of quality,experience and then youth in our side. We also need to keep players like Suarez it would be ludicrous to let him go,even for 40mil. Mr Henry please give us a player worthy of LFC this January.
November 26th, 2012
sorry wont happen , the bloody yanks wont spend big , rodgers said so . i think 2nd ( or 3rd ) rate gary hooper is what we are going to get .
disgraceful but true
November 26th, 2012
Whatever happens LFC need to keep Suarez,especially as he wants to stay & has just had his contract extension along with Agger,Skrtel,Lucas,Reina,Allen,Johnson,& maybe Enrique,are committed to Liverpool & are the basis of Rodgers team !According to Rodgers-he is building round Suarez,money isn’t everything!
November 26th, 2012
The only speculation about Suarez is from those who are paid to create and write about such speculation. Can’t sell rags and web adverts without it. Long term contract just recently signed, endless quotes by those truly involved stating how his future is with LFC. What more do we need to make articles such as this go away.
November 26th, 2012
why oh why would a top top player like suarez stay at a club like ours when its such a mess . it wont happen unfortunately
November 27th, 2012
Contracts are virtually meaningless . Only success will keep Luis here , and that is impossible with the current regime
November 26th, 2012
1st Suarez will go , Sterling wont stay either . if massive investment is not aquired no more top players will come either
Im sorry to say – the future is bleak under FSG
November 27th, 2012
Lets face it – contacts mean damn all these days . If Suarez wants to go , he will go .
And could anyone blame him ?
- mid table team with rubbish manager
- no champions league this year , next year or barring a miracle not the next year either
- tight self-interested owners not about to buy any top players
Suarez is 25 , in the prime of his career , and with the immediate future of Liverpool as bleak as the greek economy – who would blame him ?
November 27th, 2012
bleak future ? yes but steps must be taken to change it . 1st step – rid ourselves of brenda rodgers . a decent manager could get rid of the muck rodgers bought and attract top players