The ongoing Luis Suarez saga

Is this goodbye?

There’s never a dull day being a Liverpool fan, with all the transfer rumours and ongoing plans for the Anfield redevelopment gaining motion. It’s been a worrying summer for the Kop faithful so far, with star player Luis Suarez announcing his intent to leave Liverpool during the transfer window. The Uruguayan has just returned from holiday after a not-so-successful Confederations Cup campaign where his national side failed to reach the final.

He joined up with his team-mates on tour in Australia, where he will prepare for the upcoming campaign with Liverpool and will still seek a move away from Liverpool. It’s believed there is solid interest from Real Madrid, which seems to be his main choice, along with interest from Chelsea and shock interest from Arsenal, who had a £30m bid for Suarez rejected just last week. The striker hasn’t been media shy, with him revealing all to the reporters whilst on international duty.

He initially announced his intention to leave England due to the unfair treatment from the English media whilst with Liverpool. He was accused and found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra in 2011, accused and caught out diving during games and also, the most recent offence, biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in April 2013, for which he was given a 10 match ban from the FA.

Do I think his treatment is unfair? Yes. He committed the offences, but the media have repeatedly had a little dig at him and have always brought the incidents up in unnecessary times. Instead of one story, they go back to the old ones again and again and in my opinion it’s so repetitive, I’m sick of hearing about what I already know. I see it as lazy journalism, but that is just my opinion.

He has since been linked with a move to Arsenal, a move it would seem he’d welcome:

“If I receive an important offer to progress my career, I will study it. Some clubs have asked about me but I hand questions over to my agent. I am no stranger to rumours.

“I always want to improve. That’s why I left Ajax for Liverpool.

“But this club needs to fight to enter the Champions League and, when it doesn’t happen, it damages the morale of any player. So I’ve suffered.”

There could be a U-turn in the Suarez saga which would see him stay in England. So could he just be trying to force a move away from Liverpool in order to play Champions League football?

I think he will leave Liverpool this summer and it is obvious he is trying to force a move with his quotes, and I don’t think Liverpool will stand in his way either, no-one really wants an unhappy player at their football club. Liverpool will benefit from the money from Suarez, and it’s believed that Liverpool will accept no less than £40m for their prized asset. Suarez wants Champions League football, which Liverpool can’t offer, so this is another reason Suarez could force a move.

I believe Liverpool have done a lot for Suarez, defending him when he was in the wrong for racially abusing Patrice Evra and so on. Liverpool have everything they could do to keep Suarez content and happy, which included a new contract last summer which significantly increased his wages.