Liverpool fans are excited about new signing Luis Suarez, purchased from Ajax for the eye-watering price of €25M. The cost isn't a big concern in their eyes - Suarez's breathtaking performances in the World Cup last summer, where he helped Uruguay advance to the semi-finals (his goalkeeping performance was also key) as well as his goalscoring record for Ajax are both reasons enough to get excited.
Luis Suarez May Be World-Class - Anfield Asylum
At Anfield Asylum, SB Nation’s Liverpool blog, things are a touch more muted than we might expect, though, although they do see world-class potential in their new buy.
As long as he provides some width and pace, and doesn't eat anybody still breathing, this works for me. Is he world class right now? Debatable. Could he become world class in stunningly quick fashion ( a la Cristiano Ronaldo)? Quite possibly- all the physical requirements for success in the EPL are there. Hopefully his impossible pace in the Eiderdivise translates to better than average pace in the EPL.
Why the lack of jumping up and down in celebration? Is it fear that Fernando Torres might be on his way to Chelsea and that Suarez will not be able to replace him? Nope - the boys at AA consider that unlikely:
It also looks like we managed to fend Chelsea off for Torres. This is probably good (understatement, I think, unless Abramovich was going to drop a hundred million on him, and even then we would probably just make a polite phone call to refuse instead of laughing him off).
Could it be, then, the general agony of being a Liverpool fan going through a miserable season? We’ll go with that for now.
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