You are blinded by your bias, that's ok, like I said...I have a soft spot for Torres and that plays into my perception, but at the end of the day, two very VERY similar circumstances...and because you loved Luis...you give him more leeway in your condemnation.
I also don't truly believe that Torres ever wanted to leave Liverpool but things that transpired with H&G and then FSG caused him to change his mind. Luis always knew he was going to leave us so all of the blowing kisses and talking about how he loved the city and the fans and such, that was all BS. He loved what it would do for his career. Whilst I think Torres really did love us, but had the wrong voices in his ear and started to believe that he needed to go elsewhere to better his career.
I would welcome Suarez with open arms,but not Torres. They were both great players for LFC, but the fact Suarez always gave 100% even when he didn't want to be here can do things with you.
Just a detail, I'm a Feyenoord fan and her rival is Ajax, which was a former club of Suarez. I absolute hated him because he was disgusting in Holland. He was diving, he was kicking players and he was getting other players cards. I was a little unhappy when he came, I knew he was a great player who would improve Liverpool, but he was also an unlike able player. But he stole my heart by working his arse of in good and bad times.
Suarez left Liverpool in a very very good way. He always said Barcelona was his dream club so I expected him to leave in the summer. When he left he didn't say anything bad about Liverpool or their fans .Although Liverpool have down few things that he didn't like for sure. He actually said very nice things.
Then we have Torres. He was a great striker and a normal player. He wouldn't do something weird. I absolutely loved him as a player. But in 2010-11(I think) he was absolutely sh*t. Well, I don't care if a player is sh*t if he is atleast working his arse of like Kuyt. But he was just walking on the pitch like Balotelli, it looked like he didn't care about everyone else except himself.
Then the winter of 2011 came. Sad times at the club, Hodgson was gone, we were midtable. Torres was forced in a transfer if I don't mistake. I didn't hate him for going to Chelsea, a rival, because I think it was is his only option. But what he said after was an absolute disgrace. He kept talking sh*t about LFC. Like it was a F***ing prison. And that has made him very unlike able for me. I hoped he failed at Chelsea because all the things he said. He doesn't care about a club, he only cares about money and cups.
Suarez came in for me like a player I didn't like, but left as 1 of my favorite player. And he's still 1 of my favorite player. I always hoped for him the best and I'm actually watching Barcelona sometimes, only because of this special man. While Torres came in like a player I liked, but left as a player who doesn't mean anything for me.
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