Liverpool should make the call on Suarez now, rather than later

Luis Suarez: a decision must be made quickly

Two years ago, Liverpool made the ‘un-rosy’ conundrum of Fernando Torres a bigger headache than they should have. For days, Chelsea and other top clubs were in the market to lure the Spanish striker away from Anfield. But a game of ‘cat and mouse’ ensued, and the victors happened to be those from Stamford Bridge.

What was inflicted upon Liverpool was worse than the club expected. They not only lost out on a star striker but faltered on replacing him with a concrete No. 9. In came Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll – the latter who was dubbed by many to don the boots left behind by Torres.

While Suarez (bar his ludicrous antics) has managed to salvage some pride from that transfer window for a mellowed Liverpool, Carroll was anything but a savvy transfer. This summer, Liverpool sold the latter for approximately 15 million pounds – a gargantuan cataclysm to the 35 million pounds shelled out for him.

Fast forward to the present day and Liverpool are dealing with yet another transfer coup. This time from Luis Suarez, a want-away striker whose impact at the Merseyside club could be eloquently described. Having made it public that he is adamant to leave Liverpool and move to “greener pastures” of European club football, the Uruguayan has been the kernel of heated debates.

For a while now, the question that many of us have been asking is whether Brendan Rodgers should keep him at Liverpool or not.

While we can derive a conjecture on it but the concrete answer to that question is ultimately in Rodgers’s and Suarez’s hands. Thereby, if anything like a pact has to be agreed upon this disharmony prevailing at the club, it has to be done now and not later.

For over two months, the media has reported about the striker’s unhappiness to stay at Anfield. Day in and day out, the club’s fans like me have been at the mercy of Suarez’s dilemma. He continues to crib to the world about his and his family’s distaste in living in England. As time continues to fly by in this summer’s transfer window, it is evident that Liverpool has to come to a consensus to seal this predicament, at least for many of the club’s loyal fans across the world.

It is also foreseeable that Brendan Rodgers is going to find it significantly harder to persuade Luis Suarez to stay than it would be for the club to cash in on a remunerative transfer deal. If we have to go by recent speculation, Liverpool could make at least 40 million pounds off Suarez’s transfer, which in my opinion, is sufficient money to buy a quality player or two.

It also matters if Liverpool actually need the player to stay after the abominable dirt his controversies have added to the club’s image. First was his racism row, and then came his tawdry dives on the pitch. Finally, in May against Chelsea, he rightfully quantified the ban handed to him for biting Branislav Ivanovic. Does Liverpool actually need to have such a mess amidst its squad? Quite decisively – NOT!