Luis Suarez was the man expected to need time to settle when he and Andy Carroll arrived at Liverpool in a £57.8million double swoop in January. Yet he hit the ground running, while Carroll is still struggling to find his feet. Suarez’s dazzling form for Liverpool is in total contrast to Carroll’s woes and the England striker has found himself in and out of the team as he struggles with injuries and inconsistency. While some Kopites mutter under their breath about the wisdom of spending £35m on Carroll, Suarez still believes he can come good. He says the big Geordie has been unlucky and insists they can still make their partnership work for Liverpool. “Playing alongside a player of Andy’s quality, who’s big, skilful, who brings the ball down so well, makes it easy for a striker to play with him,” said the Uruguayan. “What happened though, was that Andy had the bad luck to be injured for several games and when he came back from that, he picked up another injury. It was difficult for him to get himself into the team because just when Andy came back, the team was playing well and the manager didn’t know who he could drop. “Now having trained and after a good pre-season for Andy with his team-mates, the more training sessions we have together, he will be better. “We’ll get a much better understanding of each other and that can only be good for the team.” Suarez, 24, instantly replaced Fernando Torres as the fans’ Kop idol and his four league goals and two assists do not come close to illustrating how important he is to Liverpool. He is so happy he says he wants to remain at Liverpool beyond the five-year deal he signed when he arrived in his £22.8million switch from Ajax after previously admitting a wish to play for Barcelona. “I’ve just started a phase of my career which I always dreamed about and wanted to do, which is to play for Liverpool,” he said. “I have five years left on my contract and I think beyond that, I’m already thinking about staying many more years at Liverpool. “It’s a club I like. I feel very good about being here, about being in the city. “I feel very pleased. It would be difficult to match the atmosphere, hunger for success and glory that this club has at another team.” Suarez’s pledge is a massive vote of confidence in Kenny Dalglish and the South American wants to repay the Liverpool boss’s faith in him. He says he can barely understand Dalglish’s Glaswegian accent with his limited English, but has picked up enough to understand how highly he rates the new custodian of his famous No.7 shirt. “The truth is there’s not much conversation with Kenny because of the language barrier, which makes it hard for me,” Suarez added. “But he is the one who has given me confidence. He was the one who had confidence in me. He was the one who said ‘I want Suarez’. That sort of belief is something you repay when you play. “When a coach gives you confidence, you can give your very best back. “If you don’t have faith in your manager, it’s very difficult to play well and I think Kenny has a lot of confidence in me.” Suarez shares Liverpool’s hunger for the Premier League and says it is his “little dream” to win the title. He accepts that isn’t going to happen this season and feels a more realistic target is a top-four spot and a Champions League place. The former Ajax star is desperate to play in Europe’s elite club competition and says not playing in the Europa League this season can help Liverpool achieve that goal. “I do not wish to belittle the Europa League and I do think that Liverpool should be in Europe,” said Suarez, whose nickname is El Pistolero – the Gunslinger. “But I think not playing in the Europa League this year will really do us some good. “We can really focus on the Premier League and move up the table as high as we can. “We always dream about being Premier League champions, but we know it’s a very difficult league to win. “It’s very competitive and a lot of teams want to become champions. “But I think we have a quality squad. We trust in our manager and we trust our team-mates. “We’re confident in our ability and Liverpool can aim to finish in the Champions League positions. “And there is always that dream, that little dream, about actually winning the Premier League.” Awesome interview Apologies if its been posted already.
His faith in his colleagues, the management staff and the club itself puts some of our posters to shame.
this is ok right but others said it too... i nthe end we should all know the equation... 1. cl 2. money 3. glory we have to deliver on all three for him to stay for the full 5 years. BUT..... they guy is not tevez is he so thats good In short i just dismiss it as fluff really. i see his efforts on the pitch and how mad he was at the final whistle v swansea and appreciate that more and would hope more guys match that and not the words in the article.
As a fan the piece was lovely to hear, and you can see his committment on the pitch, but at the end of the day, as MITO says, if we don't deliver, he'll be off in 2014 (we'll sell him as an asset with 2 years remaining, rather than him go on a Bosman). Just so long as if and when the time comes he shows professionalism, not Tevezistic tantrums, we'll all be alright. I do pity the Citeh fans - Tevez is showing them the meaning of the word 'contempt'. He's got to have almost no saleable value to Citeh - who'd pay to have that prick in their team now? You'd forever think he was going to stiff you...
The way your heading you won't qualify for the Champions League. You're not exactly bossing the league are you?
Since Chelsea have been playing poorly he has no where else to go to wum except our board. It's pointless even bothering to wum the far superior Man City or Man Utd boards. Now Arsenal and Spurs are the better London teams it would be a losing battle there too. So in his insecurities of his footballing team he has decided to wum Liverpool, the team that has had a bad couple of seasons and failed to qualify for Europe at all this year. It says more about the state of his team at the moment.
who cares what a oneliner wum says? come one guys? I just think these interviews are required to fill columns and the player said the right things whih proves he is smart enough to do so and his actions and frustrations on pitch show he's a winner. we want more like him
Or that the clubs PR officer told him what to say. All interviews are the same these days, very little point reading them. Performances on the pitch show what a player thinks of his club, not what he says in an inverview.
Theres 3 things I need to say about this 1.This is good news 2. This will be a million times better than good news, if Luis actually follows what he is saying through.Put into practice what he preaches.Footballers are well known for for preeching there loyalty,and then doing a bunk not long after 3. Most importantly, for me, I would offer him a new SEVEN year deal tomorrow,with a £40-50k a week wage increase, with a huge buy out clause ( £120m).We have to reward our best players,we also must give our best, most important players huge juicy contracts, to make it bordering on impossible for other teams to come and take them off us
my worry is that fernando twathead was making exactly the same noises when he started at liverpool - don't expect suarez to do the same as he knew we were struggling when he came to the club
The main difference surrounding Suarez is, is that he already realises we're a club in a re-building phase, it means he will not just jump ship like Fernando Torres did.