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Transfer Balls: Alexis Sanchez Move To Arsenal Is An Undone ‘Done Deal’
TRANSFER Balls – Anorak’s regular look at speculation and rumour being presented as fact in the mainstream press. Today the Daily Mail leads with news that Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez is on his way to Arsenal.
Simon Jones writes:
Arsenal have agreed a £34million deal in principle with Barcelona for Chile international forward Alexis Sanchez but Barcelona are waiting to see if Juventus can match the offer.
The Metro has similar news, only it does that neat trick of altering the fee to stand out as a unique story on the search engines:
The Mirror reads the round-up of figures and opts for the more circumspect:
Mirror Sport understands a deal hasn’t been completed yet, but the Gunners are working to agree a fee with Barcelona.
So. The consensus is that Sanchez is a Gooner.
Well, not quite.
On July 2, the Express told us:
Liverpool to bank Alexis Sanchez as Barcelona jet in for Luis Suarez deal
And on June 25, the Express reported:
LIVERPOOL have already completed the signing of Chile’s Barcelona star, and Arsenal and Manchester United target, Alexis Sanchez…
So said Phil Thompson, who told one and all:
“Just yesterday I heard things from people, newspaper guys who are very close to the ground at Liverpool, saying that the Sanchez deal was actually done.”
Oh, and in case any Arsenal fans are feeling happy at the news, the Independent notes:
So. No deal done…yet…
Such are the facts…
Posted: 7th, July 2014 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Liverpool Sell Suarez For £75.5m And Still Want Sanchez In Part-Exchange
TRANSFER Balls: a look at the media rpeorting on Alexis Sanchez, the Barcelaona player wanted by Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United (among others). Today the Sunday People (prop. Trinity Mirror) notes:
Liverpool are refusing to give up the chase for Alexis Sanchez – with manager Brendan Rodgers on standby to meet the Barcelona striker. Rodgers believes he could at least persuade the 25-year-old to consider joining the Reds – if he got the chance to talk to him.
Believes. Could. Consider.
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Posted: 6th, July 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (3)
Transfer Balls: Liverpool Sell Luis Suarez For £63m But Barcelona Buy Him For £80m
TRANSFER Balls: Is Luis Suarez off from Liverpool? Today’s news round-up now follows:
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Transfer Balls: Luis Suarez Leaves Liverpool For £70m As Arsenal Get £32m-Rated Alexis Sanchez For £20m
TRANSFER Balls: A look at Luis Suarez’s likely move form Liverpool to Barcelona, as told by the mainstream media. Do they know anything? Let’s find out:
LUIS SUAREZ’S transfer to Barcelona moved a giant step closer after positive opening talks with Liverpool. Barca yesterday accepted they must pay £70million for the bite-shame Uruguayan striker — allaying Kop fans’ fears he would be sold on the cheap.
So. Barcalona must pay £70m to get their man.
The Guardian says:
Luis Suárez is close to sealing his preferred move to Barcelona after the Catalan club held a “productive” first meeting with Liverpool and offered around £70m for the controversial forward…The fee falls short of Liverpool’s initial £80m valuation, and has not been accepted…
So. The Sun says Saurez can go for £70m and The Guaridan says he can’t.
What says the Mail?
Barca have offered massive a £72m for the Uruguayan
That might be over the asking price.
The other part of the Suarez to Barcelona story is that Alexis Sanchez will make the opposite journey, leaving the Spanish club to join Liverpool. Can the papers agree on facts about that?
The Sun:
Kop boss Brendan Rodgers has inquired about taking Barca’s £32m-rated Alexis Sanchez as part of the deal. But the Chile winger, 25, wants to stay or join Juventus or Arsenal.
The Mail lowers that fee:
Liverpool maintain an interest in Alexis Sanchez and he could yet be included as a makeweight with Liverpool having already valued him at around £30m.
And then teh Express declares:
ARSENAL are looking to beat Liverpool to Alexis Sanchez with a £20m bid…
Such are the facgts.
More Transfer Balls every day…
Posted: 3rd, July 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (4)
Transfer Balls: Barcelona Begin Alexis Sanchez Auction As Arsenal, Liverpool And Manchester United Check His Teeth
TRANSFER Balls: Is Alexis Sanchez heading from Barcelona to… Liverpool? Let’s see what the trusty media have been saying today:
The Daily Express says Sanchez is Liverpool bound:
Liverpool to bank Alexis Sanchez as Barcelona jet in for Luis Suarez deal
It’s a banker. Bookmakers in Malasia are paying out. But wait a moment. The Daily Mail says the player is not keen on the move.
Alexis Sanchez would prefer Arsenal to Liverpool despite Barcelona wanting to use him as part of Luis Suarez deal
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Posted: 2nd, July 2014 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Luis Saurez Leaves Liverpool To Be A FIFA Ambassador In Barcelona
TRANSFER Balls presents the Daily Luis Suarez – a round-up of news on the Liverpool striker?
Barcelona are increasing their charm offensive by seducing the player with honeyed words.
The Mirror hears Barcelona’s sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta hail Suarez:
“Suarez has shown he is humble enough to admit an error, which is very important. He has been humble enough to apologise to those he has affected, because it happened in the middle of a festival of football. In this case it’s the best thing a person can do.”
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Liverpool Balls: You’ll Never Guess Which ‘Legend’ Is A World Cup Star
LIVERPOOL Balls: Do you get the impression that the word ‘legend’ is overused?
Transfer Balls: Arsenal Loving Sanchez Joins Liverpool Who Sell Sterling To Real Madrid And Suarez To Barcelona
TRANSFER Balls – a regular look to-dealine rumours and anonymous sources presnted as news in the mainstream media. The Independent says that Alexi Sanchez could be on his way to the Premier League:
Alexis Sanchez transfer latest: Arsenal and Liverpool to step up battle for Barcelona star
How do we know they will?
Among those linked with the player are Premier League duo Liverpool and Arsenal.
Of course, this is Transfer Balls – ome aim of which is for the media to link every top player with as many leading Premier League clubs as possible – so the Express adds:
Alexis Sanchez PREFERS Arsenal to Liverpool and Manchester United
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Posted: 30th, June 2014 | In: Arsenal, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Suarez Stays To Partner Sanchez As 8 More Bite Victims Come Forward
TRANSFER Balls – in association with the Daily Luis Suarez: as ever the aim for the Press is to spin to-deadline news from unnamed ‘sources’:
Last Friday June 27 the Liverpool Echo had news to gladden the heart of Liverpool FC fan
Should the Post be believed? After all on June 26, it reported:
Meanwhile, LFC’s pursuit of Alexis Sanchez is a “done deal” according to former captain Phil Thompson. Speaking to Irish radio, the Kirkby defender said the Barcelona star is already on his way to Anfield. “Just yesterday I heard things from people saying that the Sanchez deal was actually done.”
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Posted: 29th, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)
Luis Suarez Balls: Liverpool Striker Prompts Uruguay Fans To Eat Brazilian Baby (Photos)
HOW have Uruguay fans reacted to Luis Suarez’s biting and subsequent ban? Answer: with love. And humour.
(And England? Well, police have confirmed that an England fan had a portion of his ear bitten off by another England fan during Uruguay match in São Paulo.)
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Liverpool Balls: Luis Suarez Rides A Shark’s Bicycle In Florida
DID you know you have more chance of being bitten by Luis Suarez than have of being bitten by a shark? Given that ther is only one of him and millions of sharks, that is some stat. But it’s true. You do.
Ian Steadman worked out that from 2005 to now, Suarez has appeared in 441 first XI matches for Uruguay’s national team and club side, including Liverpool. That manes around 6,160 players have taken on Luis and his teefs. Suarez has bitten three opponents. So. Footballers have a 1 in 2,000 chance of being munched by football’s greatest entertainer. The odds of a shark killing you whilst you’re swimming in the ocean is 1 in 3.7 million.
But Steadman has never seen Luis swim, nor a shark playing football, so the calculations need calibrating, And we can only wonder what the effects of Suarez mating with a shark would mean for mankind.
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Luis Suarez ‘Don’t Bite Me’: Tom Rosenthal’s Songs For Football’s Biggest Entertainer
PIES has spotted this wonderful tribute tio Liverpool and Uruguay’s highly entertaining Luis Suarez.
Take it away, Tom Rosenthal.
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Posted: 26th, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Music, Sports | Comment
Liverpool Balls: Reds Erase Luis Suarez From Club Website
SO. How did Lvierpool FC report on the Luis Suarez biting incident at the 2014 World Cup? The club’s website has been repoting on Reds at the World Cup.
Fans can read articles on the Ivory Coast (“Late penalty drama sends Toure home”) and Spain (“Reina makes World Cup debut”).
The story about Uruguay’s match with Italy begins:
“Suarez And Uruguay Complete Comeback’ reads the headline – Luis Suarez completed the 90 minutes as Uruguay booked their place in the last 16 of the World Cup with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over ten-man Italy.”
Something was missing from the match report. And now the enetire report is missing:
But fans can still enoy an earlier story:
Suarez’s gameplan to eliminate Italy
One mouthful at a time…
Read: He’s Not That Kind Of Player: How The Biased English Media Love To Hate Luis Suarez
Liverpool Balls: The Redemption Of ‘Evil’ Luis Suarez
IT looks very much as if Luis Surez bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. As ever, Suarez is fantastically entertaining, giving us all a something to talk about and worth watching. Which ever club he plays for next season will be lucky to have him. He puts bums on seats and sells TV packages.
As Luis mulls over the future, we take time to revisit the words used to annoint Suarez when he was welcomed back into the (swallows sick) ‘football family’ after his respective bans for biting and calling Manchester United’s Patrice Evra a “negrito” over and over and over.
That word is “redemption”, defined as:
1. the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
“God’s plans for the redemption of his world”
synonyms: saving, saving/freeing from sin, vindication, absolution – a thing that saves someone from error or evil – “his marginalization from the Hollywood jungle proved to be his redemption”2. the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt.
“the peasants found the terms of redemption unattractive”
News was that being very good at football after his bans was a sign that Suarez was touched by God’s love. Never mind that Suarez was a very good footballer before he verbally abused Evra and bit a Serb, the media narrative was that as every Suarez goal hit the net, he was cleansed of past sins. He was good because he was morally on-message.
Football was not about fun and ecsapism. The media had bought into the Government’s balls that footballers were ‘role models’ whose every act was seized upon by a foaming working class. If Luis Suarez gets away with calling Evra a negrito, there’d be a race riot. His hilarious nibbling would lead to cannablism in the playground.
So. The story was of a chastened and fully reformed man. He was now saved. And so were we all.
But let’s not forget that the Liverpool fans never stopped loving him.
Last summer, Brandan Rodgers said Suarez was a player “very much valued at Liverpool”. He was “not for sale at any price”. His predecessor, Kenny Dalglish, told us after the Evra incidenct that “it’s time for all of us to draw a line under what happened…[and] move on”. Dalglish added that the banned Suarez “should never have been out in the first place”.
And on he went:
“We have spoken to Suárez. I know he will shake the hand of Patrice Evra and the other Manchester United players before the game.”
Eyes rolled. The suggestions was that it was Suarez who had been wronged; it was he who could forgive.
Liverpool stood by their best player.
But the buzzword was redemption:
James Ducker, Times, September 25 2013:
Luis Suárez begins redemption
Henry Winter, Telegraph, December 16, 2013:
Liverpool’s controversial No7 Luis Suarez is a picture of humility as he wins the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year award at the Emirates…
Fair play to Luis Suárez. Liverpool’s controversial centre-forward turned up at the Emirates Stadium on Monday night, a No 7 dressed to the nines, arriving early and staying late because he wanted totalk to fans from a variety of clubs who had just voted him the William Hill Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year. Suárez must have felt after all the criticism he has received that this was a night of acceptance, of redemption.
Liverpool Daily Post December 18, 2013:
Luis Suarez: Thick skin has helped striker’s Liverpool FC redemption
James Olley, Evening Standard, December 18, 2013:
Is anyone else a little uncomfortable with the speed of Luis Suarez’s apparent redemption? On Monday he was awarded the Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year barely 24 hours after captaining Liverpool in their trouncing of Spurs.
There can be no doubting that Suarez is the best player in the Premier League on current form and one of the world’s finest talents. His performance at White Hart Lane was yet another whirlwind of destruction, wreaking hurricane-level damage on vaunted opposition.
But that is not really the point…
Yes it is.
Tim Rich, Indy, March 14, 2014:
If he does complete the transformation from villain to footballer of the year, Luis Suarez’s journey to redemption actually began against Sunderland.
His captain, Steven Gerrard, admitted he had not expected to see him in a Liverpool shirt again in the wake of his 10-match ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic. And yet here he was on Wearside in September, having scored the first of his two goals and then pulling up the club’s black away strip to reveal a T-shirt welcoming his son Benjamin into the world.
Max Mutton, Bleacher Report, April 29:
Luis Suarez Has Redemption at Liverpool with Champions League Qualification
Globe And Mail (reuters), May 5:
Luis Suarez completes redemption with Footballer of the Year award
Redemption completed, then.
Those aren’t bite marks in Chiellini’s shoulder. That was a momento from Saint Luis’ Last Supper.
This Photo Proves Uruguay And Liverpool Star Luis Suarez Bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini
LUIS Suarez is fantastically entertianing.
Like most of you, when we heard that the Liverpool and Uruguay striker had bit an Italian, we thought… fantastic. Suarez really is worth the admission price:
Of course, this being Suarez the truth is battered negrito and blue. Was it teefs to shoulder or shoulder to teefs?
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Posted: 24th, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)
Transfer Balls: Cheated Out Of His Arsenal Move Liverpool Want Luis Suarez To Shun Barcelona
TRANSFER Balls – with the Daily Luis Suarez. Can the news media make exclusives and news from nothing?
ESPN: “Liverpool insist Suarez will stay put”
Sources have told ESPN that Liverpool are not resigned to losing the striker after he told manager Brendan Rodgers at the end of last season that he was committed to the club.
These sources are all unnamed.
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Posted: 24th, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)
Transfer Balls: Luis Suarez Leaves Children Behind In Liverpool To Play For Barcelona
TRANSFER Balls catches up with Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. By now you’ll be wondering what he’s been up to this summer.
Well, he’s been linking up well with his club captain Stephen Gerrard in Brazil, latching onto a Stevie G. through ball to smash one past Manchester City’s Russ Abbot play-alike Joe Hart. Now read on…
Daily Telegraph, March 4, 2014:
Liverpool striker Luis Suárez vows to stay at Anfield no matter whether club qualifies for Champions League
Liverpool did qualify. So. Luis stays!
Speaking to Uruguayan TV channel Canal 10, the new PFA Player of the Year said: “Don’t worry, nothing is going to happen to me. I’m very happy here and my family is happy here.”
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Posted: 23rd, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)
Transfer Balls: Liverpool Make Adam Lallana And Lazar Markovic Their Number 1 Guys
TRANSFER Balls reserves a special place in the Hall of Balls for those football experts with a-shock-news-to-deadline who can contradict themselves.
Today the honour is with the Mirror’s Ben Burrows, who is talking about Liverpool and Southampton’s Adam Lallana:
Rodgers in for super Serb?
Liverpool are ready to make a £25million move for Lazar Markovic – with the super Serb willing to come, reports the Sunday People’s Alan Nixon.
Brendan Rodgers has gone back in for his number one target as both Benfica and the Serbian superstar send out positive messages.
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Epic Banners: Juventus Fans Taunt Liverpool: ‘You Are More Ugly Than Camilla’
EPIC banners harks back to April 13, 2005. It’s the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg. Juventus are playing Liverpool at the Stadio Delle Alpi. The Juventus fans hold up a message.
“YOU ARE MORE THAN CAMILLA”
Posted: 18th, June 2014 | In: Flashback, Liverpool, Sports | Comment
Hillsborough Joins The War On Free Speech And Bicholim: Chelsea Fan Sacked For Abusing Liverpool On Wikipedia
THE War on Free Speech looks at the story of the man who posted a message on Wikipedia. In “Revealed: How The Telegraph found the Hillsborough Wikipedia vandal”, the paper reports:
A civil servant in Liverpool has been fired for using government computers to post abuse about the Hillsborough disaster on the Wikipedia website following an investigation by The Telegraph. The Whitehall official used the government intranet to mock the 1989 tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died at Sheffield Wednesday’s football ground.
The 24-year-old idiot changed the message “You’ll Never Walk Alone” to “You’ll Never Walk Again”.
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Posted: 17th, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Reviews, Sports, Technology | Comment
Transfer Balls: Fabregas Goes Full House Hunting In Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool And Manchester
FOR some days Anorak has been bringing you the Daily Farbregas, an offshoot of our Transfer Balls (TB) round-ups. The aim in in TB is for all the mainstream Press to link the top players with each of the top English clubs. Facts matters not. If a source says Fabregas is off to Manchester City, the story gets written.
Guillem Balague has picked up the Balls that Fabregas is set to play for Chelsea, (for whom one paper says he’s already signed) Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United and tweets:
In fact, the only top England team not interested in Cesc is Arsenal
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) June 11, 2014
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Posted: 11th, June 2014 | In: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, manchester united, Sports | Comment
Transfer Balls: Sevilla Want £16.2m For Albero Moreno But Liverpool Want To Pay More
TRANSFER Balls: A look at Sevilla’s Alberto Moreno in the trusty mainstream Press.
On June 10, 2014, the Mirror announces that Liverpool have not signed Moreno:
Alberto Moreno – Liverpool transfer stalls as Brendan Rodgers refuses to meet Sevilla’s £18m asking price
At the same time, the Mail reports:
Liverpool close to sealing Alberto Moreno deal as Sevilla left-back jets to England after clubs agree £16.2m fee
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World Cup Balls: Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard Troubled By Hodgson’s Dad Dance
WORLD CUP Balls spots England training in Miami. Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard is being treated to a dose of Roy Hodgson’s tactical nous…
Spotter: Pies
Transfer Balls: Manchester United Offer Liverpool £25m Less For Luis Suarez Than Real Madrid Will Buy Him For
TRANSFER Balls: How’s the summer shaping up for Liverpool’s Luis Suarez? Well, for Liverpool fans hoping their star man will remain at Anfield, it began well.
Daily Telegraph, March 4, 2014:
Liverpool striker Luis Suárez vows to stay at Anfield no matter whether club qualifies for Champions League
Speaking to Uruguayan TV channel Canal 10, the new PFA Player of the Year said: “Don’t worry, nothing is going to happen to me. I’m very happy here and my family is happy here.”
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Posted: 3rd, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (21)
Transfer Balls: Adam Lallana Signs For Liverpool For £10m Less Than Southampton Demand
TRANSFER Balls: Is Adam Lallana heading out of Southampton? Where is he going? Let’s see what the newspaper experts have been reporting the summer so far?
First up, Lalllana was Manchester United bound. And he was better than Arsenal’s young English star. So said the local Manchester newspaper.
March 6, Manchester Evening News: “Better than Wilshere: Why United are right to target Lallana”
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Posted: 2nd, June 2014 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)
