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Standing up to Suarez
Posted by David Usher
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Luis
Suarez is now training alone at Liverpool.
How about that John W. Henry then,
eh? I doubt many people saw that coming, least of all Luis Suarez and his agent
Pere Guardiola. If Brendan Rodgers had them reeling on
the ropes on Wednesday, Henry delivered the knockout blow on
Thursday when he insisted that the want-away player will not be sold
"whatever the bid is".
Of course, this is big news for Liverpool and Arsenal fans, but other supporters should also take heed as this is about player power and a club standing up to it. This affects everybody, as there isn't a club in the country that won't have to deal with a similar issue at some point in the future. It would appear that Henry has taken a stand, and hopefully now we'll see others follow his lead.
It seems that everybody outside of Liverpool just assumed that the Reds would cave in and get what they could for the Uruguayan agitator, reinvesting the cash in the squad. Certainly most of the London-based media assumed it was inevitable that he would end up at the Emirates sooner rather than later. There was a belief at Arsenal that it was only a matter of time before they got their man, presumably due to assurances by the Suarez camp that the now infamous clause in his contract was water tight.
Of course, this is big news for Liverpool and Arsenal fans, but other supporters should also take heed as this is about player power and a club standing up to it. This affects everybody, as there isn't a club in the country that won't have to deal with a similar issue at some point in the future. It would appear that Henry has taken a stand, and hopefully now we'll see others follow his lead.
It seems that everybody outside of Liverpool just assumed that the Reds would cave in and get what they could for the Uruguayan agitator, reinvesting the cash in the squad. Certainly most of the London-based media assumed it was inevitable that he would end up at the Emirates sooner rather than later. There was a belief at Arsenal that it was only a matter of time before they got their man, presumably due to assurances by the Suarez camp that the now infamous clause in his contract was water tight.
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