How do Barca do transfer business ?? Weeks of unsettling followed by the DFS payment plan once the player wants out ??
Apparently, Goofy's father-in-law has been telling the Spanish press that Goofy has been talking to Barca.
Uruguay's Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, 28, has repeated his claim that he is not respected by the English media. (Source: Daily Mirror) Not just by the media, Goofy.
It's a nice relief knowing that Real's attention isn't on one of our stars for a change, with Barca reportedly interested too, lets see if Liverpool can fight off the potential suitors this time around.
Exactly, it was all well and good criticising us(with hindsight) for selling Bale and praising Liverpool for seeing off a feeble attempt from Arsenal to sign Suarez but this is where the reality kicks in, if Real and Barca are interested. I personally can't wait until Suarez leaves the Premier League, he's one of the worst cheats in the league and having all the pundits defending him this season has been infuriating. However, I do think Liverpool would be stronger without him if they can get about £80mill for him and spend it on the squad. Liverpool aren't like us, in that they can pay in the top bracket of wages and with CL football to offer they have a good chance of signing some top players. I guess the ideal scenario for me would be Suarez leaving in January and putting them under pressure to spend it straight away in a window where anyone who's wanted at their club is overpriced.
I despise the bloke, along with Wilshere and Adam, he's one of the footballers I can genuinely say I hate. I too think they can do better with the money they get for him, the Champions League lure can bring in 2 or 3 top class players, providing they spend it wisely of course.
He ain't leaving, reason being Real and Barca think they dictate the fee....wrong. No doubt as part of him agreeing to sign a new improved contract last season were promises that he would get his "dream move" provided the price is right for LFC, the £68m being touted from Marca is a joke in the current market, it'll take a fee similar to Bale's to get through to John Henry and start negotiations, but both Spanish clubs won't pay what LFC value him at. Michael Owen and Steve McMannaman had to run their contract down before the got their respective moves to Real because unlike other clubs Liverpool didn't bend over for them, Real or Barca will have to pay the fee LFC want or go elsewhere looking for bargains.
Not really Spurm, Real(and Le Arse) tried last season to lure him away and failed and he even signed a new contract to guarantee LFC are in the driving seat on any prospective fee. Don't remember Bale's move being similar and unlike were Bale and his agent were able to force Spurs hand LFC put Wenger and Real and Suarez and his agent in their place and stood firm and ultimately reinforced their say on any future deal.
The Arse "bid" for Suarez was similar to how Utd "bid" for Bale. Bale, at the time of his departure had plenty of contract to run. As has been said, whatever attempt Real may or may not have made last season for Suarez pales into insignificance compared to the effort that went into poaching Bale. If that ramps up to similar magnitude only then will we be able to praise Liverpool for doing what Spurs should have done (if they manage to resist that is) You've got CL so you've got a better chance than we had though
Not sure I'd agree with that. £70m for Suarez is about "right" (not that any player deserves those sort of price tags). Suarez is now in his prime, I can't see him getting any better and at 27, the sort of money he'll be bought for means that re-sale value will be nowhere near the figure paid for him. Bale was 23/24 when he joined Real, Real not only paid for the player's current ability but also the likelihood of his improvement, it was an investment as well as a purchase for a star player. Also add to the fact Bale is a much more marketable brand than Suarez, his reputation throughout the game will forever prevent him becoming a true global superstar brand like the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Zlatan etc are/ will be, even if he is on a similar wavelength of talent. A fantastic player but £70m is more than enough, it'd make him the 3rd highest single transfer fee behind Bale and Ronaldo (I think) and that's about right, Kaka was bought for less after being a contender of the WPOTY as well as being the winner of it the season before that. Of course though like you say it's Pool's prerogative to dictate what fee they feel is acceptable but I personally think anything over £70m is ott.
Fair enough, but we've already succeeded were Spurs failed in so much as we have "resisted" and even strengthened our bargaining position. And yes should we end up selling Suarez the CL lure will kick in, provided all of the Suarez fee goes into the transfer kitty.
You mean when your club reneged on a term in Suarez's contract, and later gloated about it to the media?
I'm not saying there's a price for Suarez honed in stone what I'm saying is Real made a rod for their own back with the price they paid for Bale, if our owners value Suarez in the same price range as Bale that's what it'll take to get him. Look at the reported fee man yoo have offered for Luke Shaw and Saints want more, its an inflated market thanks partly to the Bale move, so Real/Barca will have to dig deep or choose other targets.
All true. Suarez did throw a hissy-fit a bit and wanted to leave, you slapped him back down and he had a great season. We did that with Modric but not with Bale. Maybe if we'd had CL Bale would have given us another year and we'd have told Real to go stick it. I guess there is only so much comparison you can do between the 2 situations. Personally i hope you keep him. He's a quality player and i'd rather they play over here for and against teams i actually care about rather than everyone playing in Spain. So much of it is the agents. Bale's agent is/was an absolute "c". Also, i believe he was in the last year of his contract with Bale so it was massively in his interest to get that move done........i think.
I think any team would fail when Madrid put that much pressure and work into getting a player. If they do what they've done to us the past two seasons with Modric and Bale to you guys with Suarez, I highly doubt you'll succeed. In some ways I'd like you too, don't get me wrong I despise Suarez and would rather he **** off the sooner the better but I also despise Real Madrid and would love for a club to show them the middle finger.
"He ain't leaving, reason being Real and Barca think they dictate the fee....wrong." You certainly are wrong, so good of you to admit it. If get Real Madrid want Suarez, state-sponsored unsettling followed by the DFS payment plan. As it worked on a well-balanced good kid like Bale a treat, then for a moral-less c**t like Suarez they can probably use La Marca summer interns. As to how Barca do business I know not. If it comes to this, your best hope is that Madrid are not the sole suitor.
