There are probably/certainly other threads for these snippets, but I thought I'd keep it in one place, unless you mods want to split it up and put it in the others. This is all from my mate who has just phoned me. Points will be numbered a la MITO.
1. Suarez wanting to leave has nothing to do with the rags. It's because we haven't got CL. In an interview in the Times a bit back, he said he doesn't read the papers here as he can't really understand them, but 'the lads' told him he was now getting a reasonable press (pre-biting). The quote was his own words, not his agent's. He wants Real and they will come for him.
2. He has a release clause of 40 million and Real will know this. So we are unlikely to get any more.
3. He'd be staggered if Alonso came back. This has not been mentioned by Rodgers.
4. Iago Aspas is happening. He's not sure about Luis Alberto as yet.
5. Eriksen wanted to come, but Rodgers dithered and Dortmund came in. He thinks he will now resign with Ajax.
6. He still can't tell me who 'the big one' is. He said, I'll deffo know him, and I won't be happy. He's a good player, but only when he wants to be. If we're 2 - 0 up, he'll play his socks off. If it's 0 - 0 on a cold wet day at Stoke, you won't even know he's on the pitch.
He'll let me know when he can tell me more.