24 Jun 2014 10:12:42
In all honesty I'm starting to want Suarez to leave as soon as possible. If he's staying and committed to the club then great, he's the best of the best and naturally I'd want him at the club. But if this drags on and on and he leaves having played the first game or so for us I would be in bits. Clubs will have seen us coming and demand huge fees, the late switch will be heart-breaking and above all, last season showed the importance of a good pre-season: we won every game bar the one against Celtic I believe, and went on to reach our highest position in the league for years.
If I were Brendan, and Luis had told me he wanted to go, I would call Barcelona and explain the player can move on, but a deal needs to be in place before the 20th July for argument's sake, and any deal must include Alexis Sanchez- partly as now that Arsenal are reportedly interested, the player seemingly rejecting them to join us could be huge for moral and unsettle some gooners.