10 Reasons Luis Suarez Is Irreplacable At Liverpool

9. Lightning Doesn€™t Strike Twice

It€™s not like Liverpool have not been in this situation before: the sky was apparently falling in around Anfield just eight transfer windows ago, when their talismanic striker left for Chelsea in a £50 million deal. Hearts were breaking on Merseyside, as the quickest man to reach 50 Premier League goals for the club was leaving for a club they had duelled with on so many occasions. It was the ultimate betrayal. Having stuck with them for three and a half years, they had anticipated that he might one day return to boyhood club Athletico Madrid for the twilight of his career, but never a forced exit in the prime of his career. Not to Chelsea €“ not like this. It had all the hallmarks of Steven Gerrard€™s antics of 2005, although in this case, there was to be no turning back. Little did the supporters know however, that within their ranks, they had already acquired a footballer for half the price, who would eclipse the Spaniard€™s goalscoring feats. However, it is hard to see such circumstances happening again. Players of the ilk and calibre of Luis Suarez do not come around too often, as highlighted by the exorbitant transfer fee that Barcelona shelled out for a player who will be banned from all football activity until the end of October. As the football equivalent of Robbie leaving Take That was occurring on Merseyside in January 2011, a jewel was unearthing itself from the rubble. It€™s almost impossible to envision a similar scenario happening again.
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