On 20th December 2013 Luis Suarez signed a new contract with Liverpool that not only raised his wages but purported to keep him on Merseyside until 2018. Twitter was awash with back-slapping Liverpudlians, proudly proclaiming that Christmas had come early, and taking every opportunity to taunt The Arsenal, who had infamously bid for Suarez back in August. It wasn’t just Koppites gleefully asking us what we planned smoking over the festive period, it was also cue for the start of a full-blown media love in about the careful husbandry of Liverpool, of the strength of John Henry, of the ambition of Rodgers and the sublimity of Suarez’s play. Suarez’s breath-taking partnership with Sturridge and Sterling had not only seen Liverpool climb towards the top of the table, but had also seen the UK Media forget all about the sanctimonious attitudes they’d adopted back in March when once again Suarez was persona non grata, not this time for racial abuse, but for baring his teeth at Ivanovic. It was a remarkable Volta-face by the press. Not swayed by any Christmas spirit, Scrooge-like I couldn’t help posting this on Twitter that day.
Clever from Suarez and LFC. He needed a buy-out clause, they couldn’t risk selling below market value. The vultures will circle now.
What I didn’t know then of course was that Suarez’s brilliance would take Liverpool to the very brink of Premier League success, for I thought it likely that Liverpool would probably finish 5th or 6th in the table. The memory of our comfortable 2-0 win over them was still fresh in the mind, and their defensive frailties looked enough to keep them out of Champions League contention. What did rankle though was the constant reminder that we had come so close to signing him (we would have been out of sight by New Year’s Day if we had) but also the very real suspicion that had we done so it would have caused a storm of opprobrium that The Arsenal would perhaps never recovered from. For that alone it is worth replaying the events of last summer one last time.
At some stage The Arsenal got wind of the fact that Suarez had a release clause in his contract, and that a bid of £40 million would be enough to secure his services. It seemed likely that those close to the player had whispered the information into a few ears, and it was Arsene Wenger who decided to act on it. This was a fine footballing decision, but a bold move nonetheless. Suarez had been in trouble before and he was in trouble now. He was not yet half-way through a ten match ban, but more importantly his past misdemeanors were regularly paraded by English journalists: at the time Suarez was not a popular figure at all, and I suspect that had he come to The Arsenal he would have remained unpopular, and that the club would have been slated for encouraging racism, for turning a blind eye to any kind of sporting morality, and for having a manager whose very Frenchness guaranteed that he’d never understand the concept of fair play. Never a universally liked club in the press, I suspect that had Suarez fired The Arsenal to Premier League success we would have become the Millwall of the 21st Century: nobody likes us and we don’t care. Despite all of this, Wenger knew that Suarez was a player of a lifetime, one of the elite top four (Messi, Ronaldo and Bale are the others) currently playing with the ability to single-handedly change the course of a game – and to do so on a regular basis.
No stranger to unusual transfer fees, having paid the unusual sum in 1975 of £333,333 and 34 pence to Newcastle United for Malcolm Macdonald (the 34 pennies to ensure that the fee was exactly over a third of a million pounds), Arsenal managed to enrage all Liverpool supporters with the cheeky extra pound that would trigger the transfer clause.
Many have suggested that it was that pound that caused John Henry to dig his heels in, but I suspect it more likely that he knew that £40 million was at the very least 30 million less than Suarez was worth, and that sum of money was indeed worth playing hard ball over. Whatever the truth, the saga rumbled on for weeks, before Arsenal finally admitted defeat and realized that they would have to spend one more season without a top, top predatory goal scorer.
It was a shame, but there it was. But what few could have predicted was that it was the fact (and the way) that the Arsenal bid for him that caused the Suarez revisionism among the UK media, and it was this that eventually stuck in the throat. He soon became a reformed character in their eyes, and this was all down to Brendan Rodgers and Stevie Gerrard.
Even more strangely Liverpool were cast in the role of Cinderella club, fighting bravely against impossible odds, and their astonishing run of form after Christmas and through the early Spring became a thing of national celebration. And somehow, every goal that Suarez scored, every point that he helped secure gave someone, somewhere an opportunity to sneer at The Arsenal.
I for one couldn’t stand it: couldn’t stand the way he put us to the sword in that 5-1 trouncing, couldn’t stand it that when Chelsea did much the same thing to us it was somehow the spirit of Suarez that was invoked, couldn’t bear it that all I could hear was Suarez, Suarez, Suarez. The very name mocked all I did, for every time it was uttered by press or pundit it allowed them simultaneously to sneer at Arsene. And the worst thing of all was that I could see how brilliant he was. Quite simply he is one of the best I have ever seen, a genius footballer who makes the impossible happen on a regular basis, and it galled me beyond belief that I couldn’t enjoy his skill, not because I objected to him as a person but because he wasn’t an Arsenal player and that everything he did diminished us. I had much the same problem with Gareth Bale, but despite his appalling team, the media adulation didn’t bother me nearly as much, and so I found it easier to cope with his successes. I suppose it was because he wasn’t playing for a direct rival really.
Shortly before the England-Uruguay match I said to a friend that I knew Suarez would score the goal that would beat us but that I hoped he did it in such an underhand way it would turn the media against him again (I felt that this would harm Liverpool somehow, such is my inability to see anything except through my Arsenal lens). Well, it didn’t work out quite like that, but in a way I got my wish.
It now seems as if he is off to Spain, just as I suspected he would be back in December. And despite the huge fee that Liverpool will receive from his sale they will be weaker without him, just as Spurs were weaker without Bale. Players like that cannot be replaced: they are that good, they make all the difference, and I hate it when other sides in the Premier League have them and we don’t, if only because it makes me at times resent my own players for not being in that stratospheric class.
So now I can look forward to the coming season knowing that I won’t have to have endure such a sickening medial love-in about a player I had once so shamefully coveted, but that I can also enjoy watching him play again on a regular basis, or at least until we once again face Barcelona in the Champions League.
Today’s post was by @foreverheady
Positively Arsenal 
Rodgers, speaking at the Football Writers Association award ceremony on May 14th, provided an insight into the Suarez he has grown to admire during his two season’s as Liverpool boss.
“When I came into Liverpool as manager, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard said to me this was the best player that they had played with,”said Rodgers.
“I thought about those two and all the great players they’ve played with in their career, so I was really interested to see what his play was like close up.
“For me, he has challenged me every day of my life, he’s done everything that you would need to do at the top level of the game as a player.
“He is a winner, his determination is unique, he is absolutely relentless. He is someone that trains every single day of his life. He doesn’t look for an excuse.
“What people don’t see is that he is a very intelligent man. He is a winner when he crosses the line, but with great intelligence.
“For a young manager like myself coming into a club like Liverpool, I understand the pressures of the club and those pressures include everything that involves managing top players.
“I know for however long I am at Liverpool, whenever I leave I will have become a better manager and a better person because of Luis Suarez and for that I thank him so much.”
Pass the fucking bucket Brendan
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thanks FH, but i’m personally indifferent about suarez. he is not my player and he didnt manage to score against us, so i have absolutely nothing against him or in his favour.
the madia will always find somebody to worship as they always find someone at arsenal to crucify. so suarez transfer to spain will only change the name but the tune will remain as always.
but what i really dont understand is the role model status everybody expects from players. they are in most situations, people from poor backgrounds, little education, morals and most times live away from those they are expected to be model to. they are so much under incredible pressure that some of them find difficult to bear. they are not politicians who seek for approval of the public or get paid by tax payers. so apart from what i expect a player to do for me on the pitch, i dont expect too much from him.
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Good post FH….. but the last and final word on Saurez, you promise?
I’m a bit like you, I think he is a superb player but like many people, he has flaws. But it doesn’t stop me admiring him. No different to when I admired Tony Adams despite his actions off the field. The problem is, and this is to some extent following the comments by Layksite, although many players are from disadvantaged backgrounds by becoming professional footballers they put themselves in the limelight, kids still watch them play and that’s where they do have to take some responsiblity as ‘role models’.
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You can’t blame Liverpool for digging their heels in on Suarez. He was clearly worth much more. I’m sure you guys would have wished Arsenal did the same with Van Persie, Nasri and Fabregas etc. Additionally, he would also be destined to end up with one of the top 2 clubs in Spain so the same would have eventually happened to Arsenal. Looks like you guys are getting Sanchez though. Kudos, he looks a pretty special player. I’m devastated Liverpool aren’t getting him. As a Liverpool fan, I like Arsenal. Let’s both just focus on keeping the Mancs and Spurs out of the champions league where they belong 😉
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I agree with you Layk about the dubious claim that footballers should be role models to anyone – if my son had shown any likelihood of behaving like Wayne Rooney I would have drowned him.
The are however some who have earned my respect and admiration not just for what they do or did on the pitch but also what they have done off the pitch.
Nevertheless professional footballers have the good fortune to enjoy a very good lifestyle at a job, by and large, most of them seem to enjoy. It would do no harm to recognise that and act accordingly.
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Great article FH.
Couldn’t disagree more with Layk and Anicoli re footballers from poor backgrounds showing no morals. I love that football can hijack people’s emotions to the point grown men are weeping into their synthetic kits and prawn sandwiches, but it’s a double edged sword and the fact these same people yelling bloody murder from the sidelines, expect players to represent this quasi role-model/angel/die-hard-fan annoys the hell out of me. For me morality is something almost completely separate from football. Yes there are some, like sir Joseph Barton, who manage to be just as appalling off the pitch as they show themselves on it. For the most part though when people speak of a player’s character and their morals, it’s inevitably linked to simulation. While players like Ryan Shawcross and Rooney are lauded for being not-that-sort-of-player, or brave, or wearing their heart on their sleeves, people like Robben and Ashley Young have become pseudonyms for cheats, villains and moral usurpers. The reality though, is that players like Christiano Ronaldo, or any number of the Brazil’s national team, whose poor backgrounds gave them no right to be sitting near the echelons of wealth and national admiration, reserve their morality for things that actually matter. No doubt these players have entire families lifted from poverty through their personal success, and beyond that there are foundations established, charities donated to, and lives saved or helped. This is tangible morality, not being brave enough to stick your studs into someone’s leg at full pace, or even more thick, being “brave” enough to sit their and take a tackle like a man. I even feel sympathy for Luis Suarez, not because i think he’s a misunderstood rogue or anything, but because blaming and scapegoating suarez as the standout villain/racist in football is a complete farce by fifa and the media. Unless Suarez controls the media, he’s not responsible for the media summersault in the Suarez affair, all he did was his job. It’s the pundits and media who have set the bar so low that issues like racism can be transcended by putting a ball into the back of net. The real joke here is FIFA, who still fine players more for flashing their boxers than racial abuse.
Sorry, rant over.
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Alex. You restore my faith in football fans.
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I suppose you could disagree with me that “footballers from poor backgrounds” have or “showing no morals” if I had said that VVV, or even anything remotely like it.
I have reason to think footballers from poor backgrounds have any less grasp of virtue than footballers from rich backgrounds, and more than I have that doctors from poor backgrounds are more moral than those born with a silver thermometer in their mouth.
In fact it seems inherently unlikely that an argument on those lines would work.
What I say is if fate has dealt you a kind hand, in this game anyway, and whether you are a footballer, a doctor or an uberblogger like George, it does no harm to recognise it and acknowledge your good fortune.
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I have no* reason to think …….
Ahem
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An excellent overview of the impact of the Suarez saga on the Arsenal fan base FH. My biggest takeaway is how dangerous it is to moralize and ascribe our own values on footballers. FH shows how the media went through cycles of crucifying and redemption of Suarez based on how it affected the fortunes of Liverpool football club. I have no doubt if Suarez was our player we would have been defending him to the hilt until he bite us with a transfer request. Let us not delude ourselves with the idealistic Arsenal player whose ethic is superior to the employees all 19 other PL clubs. We sign them because of their superior footballing ability and require a certain minimum in moral turpitude that a lawyer can write into their contract. Thinking that they will make perfect husbands or son-in-laws is an act of feckless folly.
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A really good Post, Forever.
I think it is problematic to infer that people from disadvantaged backgrounds are ipso facto also more likely to be amoral than those from middle-class or upper class backgrounds.
It is not worth getting into any political stuff on a footie blog, but you only have to look at politicians in most countries to see that amorality is the lowest common denominator, and they are all as bad as each other, whatever their background.
That aside, I think you have summed up football as reflected through the Suarez shenanigans very well indeed, with no one coming out of the story with much if any credit.
I guess it is time to move on and the sooner we can get back to watching the Arsenal the better. 🙂
(I love your writing style and prose!!)
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Diving , cheating and biting defenders on a football pitch is the biggest evil of our times and the cancer of our civilization. Forget medical embargoes and nuclear holocausts. Forget banks and armies. Its those agents of Satan, wearing shorts and colorful socks, looking for penalties that attract the biggest indignation among the public. Rightly so. Football is more important than life. If we do not uphold the respectful traditions of the game we are doomed as a species.
And lets not go as far as blaming refs for not spotting it and punishing it. Its not their job to do that, is it? They are simply game/match managers (see Webb) who have a slight idea about the rules and then officiate as per each respective country’s culture on the game. In other words “all systems go”.
In an effort to save humanity from this terror i propose a two, no, a 5 year ban from all football activities for any player caught diving, simulating and/or feigning injury plus a 30 million fine immediately payable on the spot. Actually make it 8 years. For racial abuse we need to act tougher though. There may be no real and actual racial discrimination as no one has been denied his/hers equal right to work,education,health,food etc but it does not matter. We can not have footballers calling each other “negrito”. Our civic structure and moral order will collapse in a chaotic spiral, we might as well start eating each other.
We have to unite and face this crisis together as one force. I do not care that my daughter gets on her knees and plays the clarinet just to get a free cocktail in her summer holidays, we can not allow our children to get manipulated and influenced by the scum footballers, their crash manners and their repulsive gamesmanship.
AhóÁ! *
* means cheers/good health in Navajo language. Not to be confused with “Ahoy” which is to signal the arrival/departure of a ship/boat.
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sorry for pigeonholing you into that anic,i saw you agreeing with layk but it was really just a line of his i was responding to. Despite giving out about rooney and his onfield antics, i was really just trying to get across the actual disparity between anything that happens on the pitch and condemnation of someone’s character, plus the lazy cliches that perpetuate these myths. Even Rooney, a player who i cant help but dislike, is someone whose reputation has suffered because of the media rather than his actions. 1st of all he dives, the media ignores this, and gooners know this all too well, so people hate him. 2nd of all he plays for money, something that if you are going to cite as a sign of moral decay would leave you cradling on to like 4 top class players in the game, yet people ignore this. Even players who have stayed “loyal” to their clubs like totti and gerrard, make up some of the highest paid players at their respective clubs, because they like money. 3rdly, Rooney gets stick for smoking and looking fat. If the football world can get over racism, surely macdonalds and a few marlborough lights is no problem either.
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football like any sport is for entertainment. and players should be judge by what they are able to do and nothing more. rules made must therefore be in the interest of those directly involve more than those remotely involved.
i’m sick and tired of players being haunted because of something they do that pose no serious health dangers to other players but the feeling of those watching the from the comfort of their homes. zuniga almost put neymar permanently on wheelchair, but what did fifa do about it? shawcross almost ended ramsey’s career but was rewarded with invitation to play for england. eduado and diaby are no longer the same after the recless challenge from some thugs but since then, i havent seen any rule change to stamp out this dangerous act.
tiger woods was villified not because he was so bad at his sport, but because he was no longer a role model. those prostitutes he slept with suddenly became the toast of every media house as they sought to destroy a guy who was caught doing what most of them spend their spare time on.
let these players be judge on what they do not what we expect them to do. let endusements be on performances rather than because they have beautiful wives or involve in some fake charities.
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zuniga almost put neymar permanently on wheelchair, but what did fifa do about it? shawcross almost ended ramsey’s career but was rewarded with invitation to play for england. eduado and diaby are no longer the same after the recless challenge from some thugs but since then, i havent seen any rule change to stamp out this dangerous act.
Blasphemy surely. Tackles are part of the game as is barging onto someone from behind with your knee in angle, players should realize this is a man’s sport not ballet, a contact sport no doubt. Biting on the other can cause bipolar distress and a shock so primitive that it basically creates an acute syndrome of fear and disorientation. The victim suffers a loss of identity and dignity running around in agony parading vampire kisses. And lets not forget the times neymar etc got fellow pros sent off yes? In this life you get what you deserve. You hear that Oscar?
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Enough with this shit already, just deport the son of a bitch and our children will be safe, dont know about the future of mankind though….
In other news Thomas Vermaelen is unsure of whether he is going to be with us next season. When can we start calling him a traitor ?
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Hunter – Giroud may have ended Von Bergen’s career by kicking him in the face – what would you suggest is done about that ?
No doubt Giroud would say he was just going for the ball.
Don’t they all ?
Had he fractured Suarez’s facial bones rather than von Bergen’s it would however have kept the Uruguyan out of trouble, fora little while anyway.
Kismet.
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VVV let he who is without sin cast the first stone, or football boot anyway.
Funny thing is, and if you have been watching UK TV coverage you will know, there seems a wide cultural/intellectual/personalty void between former British professional footballers, and those born on mainland Europe. Its not just that these Johnny Foreigners can actually speak the English more fluently and using a wider vocabulary than the locals, they seem to know more about football. It is a contest between men, even men in cardigans, and cartoon characters.
A notion that brought forth Noel Coward, Byron, Milton, Lennon and McCartney, Eric and Ernie reduced to fielding the likes of Shearer.
Admittedly it could be worse if Keane had not bolted at the last minute.
But why is this ?
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Fantastic footballing post, wonderful read!
Hello everybody.
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Fantastic post FH.
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Layksite and Gains;
It seems you actually thought my (obviously to me anyway) tongue in cheek comment about you both taking it in turns to rip into Campnell if he doesn’t score a hat trick every game, was a serious comment?
Unless of course this from gains;
“Hahahahaha, prick. ” Was also, tongue in…. erm, cheek? (eeeeww!)
Football banter, ey?
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another great post FH.
The spuds are a bit of a special case, a basket case if you will. Not all teams will be as bad at replacing players and so I think pool will still be top four material next year and not revert to their normal 6th place. manure will be better as well and so it will be another difficult season for all involved and the characters will continue to make us write about them wherever they are playing.
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And layksite
If you trying to suggest that we need to judge players by their world cup performancves, then, that is just desperate.
Wenger and other coaches will tell you that national tournaments are the worst gauge of any players talents (except Gilberto, who clearly defies this notion!)
Honestly george, if you allowed smileys then I wouldn’t be so misunderstood.
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I agree with A;ex, thanks for the comment mate.
I also find it a rather nasty slur to imply that because someone comes from a poor background, then they will automatically have no morals and be thick!
Just look at the amount of overseas players, from the most destitue of upbringings who are not only gifted footballers, but who also put huge sums and effort into improving the lots of numerous children and families from the areas, towns etc from whence they came.
In fact, it seems that it’s the english players who are more than prepared to squirrel away all their hard(ly earned) cash for themselves.
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What is the point of being funny if you have to tell people you were trying to be funny Dexter.?
No smiley faces on my watch- no siree.
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Jawohl Mein Öberblogger !
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No foreign tongues either. Bad poster.
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I prefer my tongue in other places rather than my cheek.
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George don’t let on, but I secretly like the fact the no smiley facto9r gets me in terr-rubble!
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Giroud may have ended Von Bergen’s career by kicking him in the face – what would you suggest is done about that ?
i have not seen the incident you refer to but if there was malice and intention to cause harm (as in the case of zuniga) then he should face the music like every other who plays like a brutal thug.
lets not kid ourselves ani….there is always the accidental elbow, i accept that …but the manner in which zuniga goes on neymar was no accident…he went to check him at the back and he did it with his knee and depedneing on forces/balance it could go very very wrong
just explain…in your own words how could zuniga possibly be going for the ball there as you said giroud could claim for an “accidental” elbow….lets compare similar things yes?
and in any case the fundamental hypocrisy is one can end in a wheelchair and the offender doesnt even see yellow and suarez gets 4 months because he left some bite marks on chielini mostly due to media hysteria and lets be honest the english media mostly who fucking hate him and scapegoat him….chielini was taking pictures with models the next day…neymar was in a helicopter taken to hospital and sitting in a wheelchair ..if you dont see a difference then what else can i say…..
and irrespective of that..to turn and say ” oh well he feigns injury a lot and has got opponents sent off so..tough luck” i sense a bit of spite and nastiness there …lol…what has he done to you? ..
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dex, exactly the opposite. all i’m saying is for campbell to be given the chance based on his ability not on the ability of those he may displace or compete with at arsenal. not based on how he perfomed against greece, holland or uruguay.
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Is there a difference H
Von Bergen was on a plane back to a Swiss clinic to have his facial fractures pinned and plated – he could have lost an eye, serious damage to the optic nerve, career over – just like that – simple
As it is Neymar will be back long before Von Bergen
Two players going for the ball, hard but fair, or one violent thug who got lucky ?
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I really hope this is the last word. I have no time for this piece of shit and my morals are not flexible enough that he can do what he pleases as long as he scores goals and I’ll be alright with it. I hold the same contempt for that other fake golden boy messi. I’m just eternally grateful that we dodged that particular bullet because had he come to Arsenal, it would have been a completely different story. Occasionally there are some prices that are too high to pay.
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usually speaking..its the defenders who are most likely to be thuggs. they are slower, heavier and they have to guess what the striker is going to do so theyre always second unless they read it…
defenders ..they are taught from an early age either ball or player , never both. they pull they kick they push they shove…the striker’s only weapon is to make the ref aware of it and in his attemtps to do that he will likely fake and dive to send the message…..others who honour their trousers…turn and give a bite and the defender starts crapping it for he has never ever experienced something like it…next time he wont go as close….
depends how you view football really…. for me his biting is a non matter and indicative of the general decay in popular culture when a bite carries more hysteria and condemnation than paedophilia and warcrimes…there are far worse things than suarez biting mate…but then again those who are a bit limited at the game need to find new ways to stay relevant….. whether by selling their game to russians and arabs or being utter bastards via their press to footballers they can only dream of producing ( vieira, suarez)
va vanculo daily mail, sun, telegraph, guardian..all of them..vavanculo savage shearer rio …..and of course the clowns at fifa…may argentina win it in there and the brasilians to trash everything in anger…burn it all.
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Is there a difference H
i have replied my friend and differentiated between accidents and fouls made with intention to harm….
in what planet is zuniga going for the ball? ive lost you there……
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passenal July 8, 2014 at 8:29 pm
thats ok…had ivan been a bit smarter ….and we had luis scoring the winners that would bring wenger and arsenal the success we deserve and were all cheering and celebrating..you would be sitting in your seat in disapproval? funny enough…i dont believe that….
you would say no to messi too? ……. hmmmm i dont know what to say really on that so i wont say anything.
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and even if you are genuinely going for the ball ..there are legitimate and illegitimate ways to go for it ..you dont just throw elbows or knees and claim ” oh i was going for the ball,sorry for smashing your face to pieces, my purpose was genuine”
thats what rio basically said when he gave sagna appendix op …..” the lights ref..they blinded me..i was going for the ball but my foot nearly came the other end of bacary, honest”
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Brain fart from David Luiz.
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AHAHAHAH braaaaasill…BRAsiiiiiiiiiiilll
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Gainsbourg69 July 8, 2014 at 9:17 pm
yes because fernandinho and dante are pillars of defensive fortitude….muhuhu
oh whats that? hummels again…wow gains….. whats going on here gains? is loew stupid.??
ha 5…. will they stop?
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This is absolutely ridiculous
I was expecting a game – a contest – a struggle
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Instead it is a total shambles from Brazil
Germany have hardly got into top gear
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Well this is unexpected from Brazil even without Neymar and Silva I thought the home advantage would have carried them through. But it’s not over ’til it’s over and sometimes when you are that far ahead so early it’s hard to know how to play it. Do Germany keep going forward or play conservatively now?
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– a contest – a struggle
well look at fernandinho…is he not struggling ?
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scolari…ahhaha
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I wouldn’t mind but Oscar is playing well
Cesar ? Ok – not much he could have done
The other nine have been feeble
Fred – someone give me a clue what he is doing in the World Cup ?
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I wouldnt say Oscar has played well Ani. He did OK for about 5 minutes. Which is 4.57 seconds better than all the other Brazil players.
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5-0 at half time, thins has been comming.
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I’ve got a heartbroken 9 year old here with Neymar on his birthday present shirt, and his gloating 11 year old sister whose walls are covered with Ozil posters. The sitting room is like Berlin with the wall still standing, so roll on the proper season so we can all be on the same side again.
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Yay, The BFG is on.
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