Would Arsenal fans like a little bit more of Luis Suarez?

Luis Suarez in action during the Steven Gerrard’s Testimonial between Liverpool and Olympiacos at Anfield on August 03, 2013 in Liverpool, England. (Getty Images)

I saw a Twitter’s agitation regarding Luis Suarez’s interview. At first I didn’t really understand what was going on but I quickly came across the Telegraph’s cover as well as the Uruguayan’s interview on the Guardian’s website.

On one hand I believe it is great news for us, but on the other hand I try to keep in mind he is not an Arsenal player yet. I remain suspicious of all this: Suarez used the English press just the way he wanted. He had a plan and through his interview indirectly handed a transfer request to Liverpool.

Besides, in the interview he hints a move to Arsenal but never clearly mentions us. He doesn’t implicitly confirm his desire to move to London and play for Arsenal. Nonetheless, he wants to play the Champions League and we have qualified for 15 years in a row now.

It’s fine for the moment as we are the only club willing to purchase him, but I’m truly convinced that if Chelsea, Manchester City or Real Madrid were to splash £50m on him, he’d choose one of those options. Reality is hard to face but trophy-less teams are forced to see their attraction diminish.

Suarez doesn’t consider passion whilst practising his job. The way the situation is going, it all reminds us of a certain Robin van Persie. At the time we yelled, ranted, screamed to hell saying it was a huge lack of respect. Do you remember yourself saying “You’d be nothing without Arsene Wenger and the club?” I do.

Well Liverpool have exactly the same reaction. The fact is, at the time, all the other fans including the latter were making fun of us. Yeah I know that a club which hasn’t won a trophy for right years is now giving its best players away. Tonight, I feel sorry for LFC fans. I recall ourselves feeling terribly disgusted by RVP’s behaviour.

Suarez stated everything in an interview; RVP stated his desire to leave on his website. In both cases the words both players have chosen are quite strong and can easily affect the club, the staff and more importantly the fans.

On the other hand, I smiled when I read tonight’s reactions. Suarez’s ex-fans are insulting him. To abuse is mainstream. They are all deeply affected. Who could blame them? They are going to lose their best player and he will leave the club as a thief.

The present scenario reminds me of last summer’s. The reaction from Liverpool fans reminds me of the reaction from Arsenal fans. At the time I thought RVP acted like a *expletive deleted*. He owed Arsenal much more respect. Overall we all were disgusted. Van Persie went from hero to zero.

This time I don’t feel the events the same way. Of course, I’m not in the state of mind where I’d laugh at Liverpool because Arsenal has endured all that too often. I think I don’t internalise the situation the same way, therefore I really hope Suarez will become (one of) Arsenal’s next signing.

Football is changing and though we still think passion and devotion towards the players’ club still exists, I doubt it still has to be a priority in the choice of the players (if it ever was) – everything is changing or at least evolving quite a lot.

Nevertheless, Suarez is a superb player and therefore, would be the top signing we all have been waiting for a few years now. In spite of Suarez’s behaviour at times, he remains one the best strikers in the world. He was absolutely outstanding last year for Liverpool.

If Suarez were to sign for Arsenal, he probably wouldn’t care about the club’s history or stuff like that. He’d just take the money and try to score as many goals as possible. My point is, can we ask for more? I mean, if he scores 30 goals would we really complain? It’s always a bonus when a player loves the club and its fans, but you can’t transform the player’s mentality.

If we sign Suarez, our squad’s strength would increase but all our pressing needs won’t be met. We have other needs. A goalkeeper, a centre-back and a defensive midfielder would still be needed to efficiently top-up the squad in my view.

As good as Suarez is, he won’t transform the entire squad. We have many other flaws which cannot be fixed with the acquisition of a striker alone.

In Wenger we trust, don’t we?