I've had just about enough of Luis Suarez now.

The increasingly complicated transfer merry-go-round is grinding into gear. And once again, seemingly controlling this half-arsed machinery is Real Madrid. Well I suppose 'controlling' is something of a strong term for what they seem to be doing, but it is what it is.

Basically everyone wants a new striker. Liverpool haven't been doing well enough to keep their best one so

Maybe we need some kind of gag. 

everyone else wants to sign him, despite his bitey tendencies. 

Well, by everyone else this seems to be Real Madrid and Arsenal, but there's no doubt a few others in the fray who for some reason don't want to conduct transfer negotiations on the back pages of newspapers, like it must be said a certain Mr Suarez seems to be keen on.

For someone with such a stated issue with the media, he does seem to spend an awful lot of time talking to them.

Arsenal seem to gathering their pennies together for a £40m bid for Suarez, which triggers some kind of clause in his contract. Presumably along the lines of us having to tell him about it and him the having to put in a transfer request if he wants to actually go. Which will also cost him money if he does indeed go, if he walks out of the door rather than being pushed.

Now this could all work in our favour IF Real Madrid do actually want to sign Suarez. Nothing like a bidding war to ramp the price up a bit. If we can get up to £50m for him then this would be a decent amount to play with, certainly in terms of getting a replacement or two.

Whether Arsenal are serious about Suarez and if they are just trying to force Madrid's hand over their proposed signing of Higuain remains to be seen. It may even piss Madrid off completely and they won't want to do business with them at all.


Personally I can't see Suarez being happy wth a move to Arsenal. Granted, he seems to be burning his bridges at Anfield reasonably effectively every time he opens his mouth, but it's hardly a massive step up in class. 

Reaching the Champions League Quarter-Final and going out the moment you face anyone half-decent is hardly the stuff that dreams are made of. Even if they do sign Suarez they will still have Per Mertesacker in defence. An interesting coincidence, but Mertesacker is actually German for wardrobe *.

* I'm not sure if this is a fact, but I am just going to assume that it is.

Enough of Arsenal. How does this all affect Liverpool?

Well, we seem to bringing a squad together and hopefully not too recklessly any more. 

We need rid of Suarez sooner rather than later. Incredible that I should be saying this, but his attitude since the end of the season stinks and we do not need that around the club coming into a new season. 

We need him out - preferably out of the country - quickly. Possibly to Real Madrid, and if they want to send us Higuain as part of the deal to piss Arsenal off, well it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. But with more cash than the Higuain plus £10m rumblings I heard.

Real Madrid's increasing valuation of Higuain leads me to think that this may be what they are angling for and it would have the added bonus of us getting a decent replacement striker out of it as well.

It is still only July - and you never know. The grim realisation that he might actually have to go and play for Arsenal might bring a grovelling apology from Suarez for his actions over the summer and he may stay at Liverpool after all.

Frankly though, I think it would be better all round if we just get rid.