The Kopite View

Revenge Is Sweet For Suarez

Liverpool’s Luis Suarez scored both goals as Uruguay defeated England 2-1 in Sao Paulo. The striker’s goals leaves England on the brink of World Cup elimination but Suarez admitted that his two goals were sweet revenge for all the criticism he has received in the Premier League.

Suarez has been banned for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra and for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic during a controversial career in England.

The Liverpool striker was a major doubt for the game after having an operation on his knee and he was playing his first game since receiving the operation.

Suarez couldn’t hide his delight by saying :

‘I dreamt this. I’m enjoying this moment, because of all I suffered, the criticism I received. So, there you go.

Before the game too many people in England laughed about my attitude over the last few years. This is a very good time for me. I want to see what they think now.’

Suarez was desperate to play against England, and he has been waiting a long time for revenge, and how he made them pay, with two clinical finishes to leave England’s World Cup dreams in tatters.

The Uruguayan’s comments show the hurt that he’s felt because of the criticism and the harsh treatment from the FA’s punishment and he has waited a long time to exact revenge and he is enjoying his moment of triumph.

Liverpool Set To Sign Can

Reports suggest that Liverpool are set to sign Emre Can from Bayern Leverkusen after activating a £9.75 million release clause in his contract. Brendan Rodgers has been chasing the Germany Under-21 international for a while and has been over to personally check on the player’s progress.

The 20-year-old is an energetic box-to-box player and Rodgers believes he would be a valuable addition to his squad. Inter Milan were also keen on Can but he prefers a move to the Premiership.

Liverpool are hoping to seal a deal with the player this week as Rodgers continues to improve his squad for another assault on the Premier League title.

The player’s agent also instigated the loan deal in 2012 for Nuri Sahin, so he is no stranger to working with Liverpool.

Can is described as one of the most versatile young players in the Bundesliga and after having spent most of his career in the youth set-up at Bayern Munich, the player was tipped for the top from an early age.

After moving to Leverkusen, Can’s career has flourished and his versatility sees him play in either an attacking or defending central midfield role and also deployed as a centre-back and a left-back.

Can has represented Germany at every level from Under 15 to Under 21 level and he has drawn comparison to Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Rodgers has certainly done his homework on Can and if he is as good as the great Bayern Munich midfielder then Liverpool will be making a brilliant signing.