4) Suarez’s controversial reputation will no longer hurt us
There’s no arguing that Suarez is a world class player, and one that was rightly worshipped by Liverpool fans – but how many times did he let us down? He missed 18 games through two lengthy suspensions and regularly brought unwanted press attention on the club.
His actions at the World Cup – where he produced the third bite of his career – must have been the final straw for the Reds. If he’d have returned to the Premier League, after having served another ban, he would have been hounded by every single set of opposition supporters.
Ironically, we replaced Suarez with Mario Balotelli, another player who has an unfortunate habit of landing himself in hot water, but now at least we cannot be continually criticised for our backing of such a player.
