braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
The point is Liverpool knew they could cope without those players. They knew they wouldn't cope without Suarez so they didn't budge.
We equally knew we wouldn't cope without Bale….but we bent over anyway
That's either incorrect or if they knew they would cope without Alonso and Mascherano they were flat out wrong! Have they been in the CL since selling those players? Perhaps once? They've sacked Benitez, Hodgson and Daglish! First this season have they bounced back to being in the top 4 and title contenders. They were regularly in the top 4 with those players and they were title contenders once iirc.
The difference was that their heads were turned, massive offers were made, the players were pushing for a move. For Suarez that didn't happen, they didn't "hold strong" against a tide, the tide just wasn't there. Arsenal doesn't have anywhere near the same pull on players as Real Madrid and Barcelona - and they didn't offer as much money (comparable to Bale and to Alonso and Mascherano when considering the different player types).