Dan_FC wrote:
I just don't think Blackpool wanted to sell their star player, they build there whole team around him and they didn't want to sell. Obviously he put a transfer request in and was prepared to leave but he hasn't gone kicking and screaming and was probably prepared to stay there too.
I've not seen too much of Suarez in Holland, It's not very well shown here is it, apart from some ESPN games but I've seen enough of him to know he's got the potential to have a big impact over here but if Torres had stayed it would've given Suarez time to settle and get used to the league for 6 months whereas now there's a lot of pressure on considering Carroll won't be fit for a few months at least.
Both of these moves prove the loyalty in football has gone out of the window now, two players who are supposed to be playing for the clubs they support and yet they've both turned their backs on them without a second thought and worst of all the they've just fooked off on the clubs supporters. Still, it could've been worse, you have at least made signings and replaced outgoing players. I think both will prove their worth to the club, I just wonder whether the loss of Torres will hurt the team for a while to come.
Apparently Spurs had a £6.5m-£7m accepted for Adam, we bid that the other day and it was rejected. I think they did want to sell Charlie, Holloway was urging us to sign him in his presser the other day, thing is, they were stuck with what to do. The realistic fee was about £8m, he will go for half that in the summer with only 12 months on his deal left by then, but the risk of relegation forced them to ask for upwards of £10m, which was never going to happen, not from us, not from United or Spurs.
As for Suarez, I watched him a few years ago for Ajax as I was fascinated by Huntelaar's scoring record at Heerenveen, so always tried to see him for Ajax. Always thought he looked good on the left of their 4-3-3, and felt it was only a matter of time before he was their best player. I think Suarez is a good player, an excellent finisher with enough about himself to create his own shots in tight situations, but I didn't think he'd be any good for us if we were to play him with Torres (many will have read that before, I'm pretty consistent), but now he's playing with Carroll, his signing makes so much more sense, IMO. Carroll will bring so much to the team that Luis needs, he will be a great foil for him, IMO.
I feel the loss of Torres will affect us initially, particularly with Carroll out injured, but once he returns and we have that 'handful' leading the line, we'll eventually start to see progress. The other players will take a while to adjust, we built everything around Torres so everything will be different from now on, but with Kenny in charge, I'm confident the players will support the change.
Just another note, the apparent United interest, from what was mooted on Twitter on occasions, came from Blackpool due to the sheer desperate lengths they were going to try and force Liverpool to up their bid. I'm sure we all know that if Fergie wanted him, he'd have got him in about an hour.
