FORMER Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby is under the impression that Liverpool are already preparing themselves for the loss of their star striker, Luis Suarez, according to BBC Sport.
Suarez has recently been linked with Spanish giants Real Madrid, and has publicly expressed his desires to play at the Bernabeu, and the Reds have responded by bringing in Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas from Sevilla and Celta Vigo respectively.
Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Molby, who played almost 300 games for Liverpool, said:
“The last thing you want is an unhappy player and Liverpool know that, they’ve been busy in the market and it appears they’re almost readying themselves for life without Suarez.
“I think he’s made it pretty clear that he would like to try something new, including playing at a club that’s in the Champions League. If that’s how he feels, the club has to do the business.”
Suarez said in May that he thought it would be a ‘good moment for a change’ and even admitted that it ‘would be difficult to say no to Madrid’.
In the event that Suarez stays at Anfield, he will miss 6 of Liverpool’s first games in the Premiership as a consequence of the ban he was given after biting the arm of Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.
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If all this is true then in my opinion he has turned his back on the club and even more important turned his back on the fans who’ve stuck by him. Sell as soon as possible and for the best money possible and lets press on without him. One man don’t make a team. Apart from Tottenham who if bale goes there fooked.,,,,
Liverpool have never had a player that dose not wont to play for us it doesn’t matter how good they are look at The players in the past that have come and gone and were still there and the other teams still doing there best to beat us and worried were we are
Alberto and Aspas are good players but no where near a “replacement” for Suarez. If Suarez really doesn’t want to play for Liverpool then sell him for £40-50m and buy a £25m-30m striker and a decent defender, not just a player who’s contracts ran out. Need a proper replacement for carragher.
I think BR should lets this guy go he’s a traitor and he dnt deserve to put on our legendary RED any more and he dnt deserve to be a reds
Forcing suarez to go is a big mistake,since there is no world class striker to replace him…..no matter all he said he has never drop any transfer request….just let him be…..den let Br keep his eyez on dey ground nd look 4 striker dat wil fill suarez shoe…..ynwa
Suarez is not a traitor.we cant blame him for wanting to play at highest level. Liverpool are mid table club now with no signs of improving
The owners need to back B Rodgers properly with £30-£40M on top of whatever money B Rodgers can bring into club on player sales out wards: And then hopefully club can get back amongst top 4 as we have now not been in the champions league for five years/seasons and we have become a top 6-10 side in the last five years/season as at the moment there are 6 clubs with alot better equipped squads than us that have finished above us in last two seasons: Both Manchester Clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea , Everton and Tottenham and all those clubs are strengthening this year.
So owners need to back B Rodgers well as even the likes of Norwich, Swansea are spending more on players than us nowadays:
Rodgers has sold Shelvey for £5-£6m and Carroll for £15.5M-£16M, when T Ince is sold to either Cardiff or Swansea the club will receive £2-£4M of the fee.
That in itself should cover the 3 buys brought to club Alberto, Aspas and Mignolet.
K Toure was free transfer
Rodgers needs to ship out the other 8 dead wood average hard working players and re couperate: £20-£27M
1: GK: B Jones 2: RB: Flanagan 3: CB: Coates 4: Spearing
5: AM: Pacheco 6: RW / RWF: Assaidi 7: LW / LWF: Borini 8: FD: Borini
Then Rodgers needs to find out if P Reina and L Suarez plan to be around and fully committed to the cause for next 2-4 years: If Not, then both should be shipped out as soon as possible
Reina should be sold in swap deal with C Tello(21) Of Barcelona and £2M Cash Or he should be sold for £10-£14M with Arsenal and Napoli fans of his also
L Suarez should be sold for no less than £55M, he is currently the 3rd best player in the world behind Messi and Ronaldo. Neymar went to Barcelona for £61m including add ons and Real Madrid offered £65M+ in their opening bid for Bale, Cavani has buy out clause of £54M and Suarez is better than Bale, Cavani and Neymar so the owners and B Rodgers should stand firm and should not listen to no offers under £55M.
If anyone wants him, that is the minimum club should accept for Suarez, Suarez is and was a better player than Torres and club got £50M out of Torres sale, so club expect to get more from better player.
Then if the 8 dead wood players are sold and the two world class players we have are sold: 10 players in total:
Along with C Tello(21) in swap deal with P Reina.
Then 9 other players need to be brought to club: Five Defensive players and 4 Attacking Players: To bring more class, quality, quality competition for places and DEPTH to SQUAD:
And then we could have squad capable of competing with one another on all fronts all over the course of season:
Five/5: Defensive players: That should be brought in to bring more stability, competition, mobilty, power and Strength to Squad: Cost =£30-£50M
1: GK: A Mccarthy(23) Of Reading for £4-£7M to compete with Mignolet(25) for the next 3-8 years at club
2:CB: K Papadopolous(21) Of Schalke for £10-£16M to compete with Skrtel(28) for next 2 years. And then to take over from Skrtel
3:CB: Toby Alderweireld(24) Of Ajax for £7-£10M to compete with Agger(28) and Toure(32) for next 2-4 years and then to take over the mantle with K Papadopolous
4: LB: A Cissoko(25) Of Valencia for £2-£6M to compete with Enrique(26) For next two to three seasons.
5: DM: E Capoue(23) Of Toulouse for £7-£11M to compete with LUCAS(26) for the next 3- 5 years.
Four/4 Attacking players: Cost= £42-£62M
1: AM: I Munian(20) Of A Bilbao for £10-£15M to compete with Alberto(20) and Coutinho(20) for the next 5-10 seasons at club
2: LW/ LWF: D Capel(25) Of Sporting Clube De Portugal / Lisbon or B Arfa(26) Of Newcastle for £4-£10M to compete with Aspas and IBE for next 3- 4 seasons
3: FD: C Benteke(21) Of A Villa for £18-£22M to compete with Sturridge for the next 5-8 years at club
4: FD: L Muriel(23) Of Udinese for £10-£15M to compete with Benteke and Sturridge for the next 5-8 years at club.
These players would all bring more class, quality, quality competition and depth to squad: Only one player would cost over £20M but Goalscorers are worth their money
Rodgers is assembling a good side, but what the club does need that we currently lack within Squad is power, size, steel, strength and pace and speed. And the players I have mentioned we should bring to club would rectify all that
In Mccarthy(23) You have young hungry Gk who will want to compete and become No1 at club competing with Mignolet week in week out and both keeping one another on their toes.
In K Papadopolous(21), T Alderwierld(24), A Cissokho(25) and E Capoue(23), You have class, quality, qulaity competiton for places mobility, pace, power, speed, strength brought to Defensive side in Squad.
In Munian(20), You have another classy, creative magician in the Cazorla, Coutinho, Iniesta, Mata, Oscar, Sliva Mould with pace and speed in his locker who will compete with Alberto(20) and Coutinho(20) for that AM Role, these players will unlock the best teams in world. But they need mobility, movement pace and speed in front of them for their passing skills to be regularly shown.
In Arfa(26) OR Cape(25)l and Tello(21), Club would have two classy quick pacey direct wingers who the likes of Alberto, Coutinho and Munian would look to find at will with their pace, speed on break. These wingers have the pace and speed to trouble any side in world football and when we played the teams competing with us: Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton and Tottenham: The likes of Raphael, Evra, Zabaleta, Clichy, Sagna, Gibbs, Coleman, Baines, Walker and Essou – Ekotto will not be galavanting forward at will if we had these wingers on either wing against them, they would be forced to do more defending than attacking. And no matter how quick those full backs are: They will no the pace, speed they are up against would cause them problems all game and would have to be very cautious coming forward. Rogers should bring Capel and Tello to Anfield, both would keep teams stretched with their directness, movement, pace and speed. And Ibe and Sterling would learn their trade from two very direct lively class quality spanish wingers
In Benteke(21) and Muriel(23), club would have two powerful, mobile strikers, one has pace and speed( Muriel) The other is average speed and runs channels well with good movement but is a bully, good in the air and is a handful for any defender in world football(Benteke) both competing with D Sturridge(23) for the next 5-8 years. And all the three strikers would offer the club something different in attack