Suarez sale may be way to go

If Wednesday’s statement is to prove the last meaningful act of Luis Suarez’s Liverpool career, it would be an entirely appropriate way to finish it: another deft turn, a blatant piece of cynicism.

Make no mistake. The perceived press persecution the Uruguayan has put forward as driving him out of England is not the real reason.

As so often with the striker, it is merely a piece of trickery to more quickly get him the result he wants: in this case, a move to a club with a more immediate chance of both Champions League football.