Luis Suarez will never join Arsenal – so why did we bid for him? I must admit that when I first heard of Arsenal bidding £30 million for the wild Liverpool striker Luis Suárez I was extremely skeptical, but now it has been confirmed by both the Guardian and The Telegraph I have little choice but to believe the approach was real. But that doesn’t mean that Arsene Wenger really expected the bid to be accepted, as why would anyone after Suarez’s comments last month when he spoke about how he hated his treatment from the British media. Suarez said: “It is a difficult moment for me. My coach and my colleagues know that they [the media] didn’t treat me well. Because of the paparazzi I could not go in my garden, I could not go to the supermarket. My reason for leaving is not the money. It’s my family and image. I don’t feel comfortable here any more.” “It’s a good moment for a change of environment because of all I’ve been through in England, where I haven’t been judged as a player but based on other things. I had a hard time, very hard, in the things that have been said are lies. One has limits and the family also suffers. They treated me bad and it would be understandable if one day I go to my club [and the media are waiting for him] but I cannot walk my baby – the paparazzi are always there. “My family, my image – that’s what matters to me most. The coach and some colleagues know that I suffered, I was treated badly and I did not feel comfortable and they know perfectly. “It’s nothing against Liverpool, on the contrary, I feel very comfortable at the club, but I have a daughter and I do not want [her] to hear bad things about her father. In England they talk about many things and in some ways I feel uncomfortable. I do not know when I’m going and I do not know if I’m staying. If I stay it is because it is a great club but also in turn I know that it is difficult because of the harassment I get from the press.” So what is the reasoning behind the mysterious bid? Some people are saying that it is simply Wenger’s way of telling Real Madrid that he has got other targets in mind if they don’t sort out the Higuain deal quickly, but even Madrid are surely not going to be fooled by such a childish gambit, are they? The worst possible scenario of course is that Wenger, in his desperation to sign a top, top, top class striker, has run out of truly viable options and is now making a bid for Suarez so he can say ‘Look I tried to get Higuain, I tried to get Suarez, I even tried to get Rooney! – but nobody would sell to me!’ Maybe his next gambit will be to offer 30 million for Ronaldo! Personally I would rather he had gone for the cheaper, Arsenal-supporting Christian Benteke to provide a bit more competition in the Gunners strike-force (at a reasonable price), but perhaps that would been just a bit too easy for Wenger…….. Fernando Torres anyone?
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:31:50 +0000
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