3) His sale enabled some of the world’s best young players to join…
It’s worth remembering that we sold Suarez, who recently turned 28, for a humongous fee of £75m. Regardless of how we spent that money, it was a sale that allowed Brendan Rodgers to completely overhaul his squad and prepare it for a return to European football.
Slowly but surely we are beginning to reap the benefits of those additions. Emre Can has been excellent in recent months, while you could also argue a strong case for the transfers of Alberto Moreno and Lazar Markovic. Divock Origi was signed too, and will arrive in time for next term.
Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren have shown flashes of what they can do in recent games, while even Mario Balotelli has finally started to find the back of the net.
