dont know what the author of that nonsense is smoking, but you can bet your house on it that you cant buy those ***s at Tesco
Manchester United would sign Luis Suarez in a heartbeat if they thought he would make a difference between winning the Premier League and finishing second. Bad sportsmanship, racism, biting, handballing.... whatever.... they wouldn't give a toss. They'd buy him and the fans would hail every goal. If his goals helped win the league, Luis Suarez duvet covers would make their way from the Old Trafford Superstore into Christmas Stockings all over the Home Counties come December. United would keep him until another option came along that looked a better bet for more trophies and then Luis would wind up like every other United reject that has found himself being treated like a dog that has outlived his owner's affection. But while it lasts, the club will take the trophies and the player will make a shedload of money. Everybody wins. United fans know it, fans of every other club know it, and Luis Suarez's agent knows it. Never say never.
Believe you me, there is no way our board would sanction any deal for Suarez. Everyone associated with us thinks he's a ****! It would probably go down as the most controversial signing in the history of football. It would beat Figo going to Madrid. It will never happen
I can see what you're saying but ironically, the argument you make it's probably the least effective one. United are more likely to get shot of players that pose a deliberate cause for concern or are more hassle than they're worth. Pogba and Morrison are just two recent examples of that. Rightly or wrongly, even if that means cutting off their nose to spite their face, there's a club ethos that there are plenty of other fish in the sea. For that reason I don't see us signing Suarez, although neither of us can prove it one way or the other bcos the story is complete bollox anyway.
eh it was never proved he called evra a ******. would you turn down ched evans even though he probably never raped that girl?
There is always a small chance that this may happen. But if we look at it a bit deeper then the chances of United buying the Rat is IMO very small. Of all clubs in the premiership United value it's reputation the most and with the recent history with the Rat as well as his general behaviour, there is no way they would put that at risk even for a trophy. Oldham has shown that when there is some resistance to a player coming to a club it is almost impossible to go against the flow. Ok, the Rat has been punished for being a racist not a rapist but there are some similarities. The club is bigger than the player. Unlike the RS there is no way United will put its reputation at risk for a racist. They've got more to lose than to gain. And in any case like Barca has proved, he can only do it in a small pond like the RS.
United buying Ronaldo, Messi, Suarez, Bale.. Reality heck, you could afford one of them, but would struggle with FFP over wages over the length of a contract. #noneoftheabove
Re: your last line, I couldn't agree more, but it does make for an interesting discussion on footballing ethics...... or the lack of them. One name: Eric Cantona Yes, it is true that Manchester United do have a reputation to protect, but I never fail to be amused when a manager.... at any club, anywhere, takes on a bad boy and talks about "helping him to overcome his past and focusing on his amazing skills" (their words, not mine). With Cantona it worked out brilliantly, but the risk at the time of signing him.... the risk.... the risk.... Would Manchester United do such a thing? Sadly (and believe me, I do mean 'sadly') I think that every club has its price and it may not necessarily be Suarez in the future but some other enfant terrible (remember Cantona's reputation...???). If United go two or three more seasons without a trophy........
Indeed, Cantona was less racist, but more likely to flying kick you in the face if you looked at him funny
He hadn't done that prior to signing for us though had he? Nor had he even bitten anyone, let alone three times.
hehe I know, was ****ing about. People always go on about moral bullshit but if a player bangs the goals in 99 fans out of 100 won't give a **** what he does. And that goes for ALL clubs. All it does is provide rival fans with message board ammo....so nothing to worry about.
I know, because we'll never sign the bloke so it's all irrelevant. I can tell you hand on heart if he did sign for United I would not support him as an individual. He's a top player and he'd no doubt be a success but I genuinely, truly, can't stand him to a point that I would not be able to celebrate any success he has with us.
I thought you might bring up Cantona, or even Keane. But the difference was they towed the club line. They weren't a loose canon in terms of putting themselves above the interests of the club. But the minute Keane was, he was out the door. You could be right, it's up to the manager as well I guess. I'm trying to think of someone who I'd hate us to sign bcos of his rep. Sounds like the makings of a new thread. Great players who are complete tards you wouldn't want at your club. I can't think of any others...Pepe? There's another prick
I was at that point with him, I just wanted him gone regardless of what he brought as a footballer. Personally I wouldn't want him back but I'm in a minority there.
You sure are, I want to be entertained and he certainly did that. People pretending they have morals and applying that same fake moral code to the clubs they support is People are so fake, eh Chief? Football is pure panto, and Suarez is the ideal panto villain.
I enjoyed watching him as a player and enjoyed the villan that he was but it had all gone too far and his actions and potential future actions were something that I didn't want at the club.
