It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

What happens to the odds if you regularly go swimming off the coast of Cape Town ?

Thats where Suarez may go for his holidays so the sharks will also be ducking and "diving"

Interesting take in the sports press here...

If England, Italy and Spain have the best leagues in Europe, why the hell have they
all been knocked out of the World Cup in opening phase?

Could it be that their clubs are chocker full of foreign players like ours?

Correcto! :)

Or teams caught between the old guard and change.

Luis Suarez

Suspended for 9 matches and four month plus 100.000 Swiss Francs

That's a joke surely.

Also talk of administrative football activites meaning no transfer. Can't train with Liverpool, so - even with personal trainer - say ready by mid-November? Could a Uruguay appeal push it back?

Edit - apparently FIFA say transfer is okay.

Cheers,
KidA

The 'up to date and rolling latest' on you know who:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10894226/Luis-Suarez-suspended-for-nine-games-and-banned-for-four-months-live.html

9 International Games ban
£66,000 fine (100,000 Swiss Francs)
Can't even so much as enter a stadium as he undergoes a 4 month ban from all football related activity
Can be transferred during the ban

How much does he earn a week?

Here is a selection of e-mailed comments from the link above:

15.50 Here is a selection of your emails ...

E-mail "I think Suarez can count himself a very lucky fella," says Mike Hodgkiss. "They could, and perhaps should have thrown the book at him. Of course there will be outrage from the Uruguay camp, but that’s just nuts, there’s no defence for what he did. His only hope would be procedural irregularities!"

E-mail "Quite inadequate," writes Arni. "It's his third identical offence, and at a World Cup to make it even worse. He should be given the maximum ban, preferably the two year version."

E-mail "Beyond Liverpool FC's control, the fans and club should not be punished," writes John Charnock. "LFC should sell ASAP, this severely hampers their selling negotiations."

E-mail "Punishment well deserved," says Pam Thompson. "Not too harsh. Hard on Liverpool but he should have thought of that before he sank his teeth into his unfortunate victim's shoulder. Punishment means that standards are being kept. Hope he learns his lesson this time. Pity he wasn't fined more; he could afford it."

E-mail "Would have preferred that there was some punishment meted out to the Uruguayan FA and national team too," writes John Wilkinson. "To a man, they all denied Suarez had bitten Chiellini. One player even trying to pull Chiellini´s shirt back up when he had pulled it down to show the ref. Add to that all the denials and accusations coming from the Uruguayan camp these past two days, have shown that they don´t care much for the fair play mentality. Unacceptable behaviour and should have been punished too."

E-mail"Nine matches is probably roughly what he would have received for a first offence in Rugby but for a third offence," says Peter Byng. "I cannot imagine it would be less than a whole season. Had this happened in hockey, even for a first offence I would expect a ban for at least a year while for any subsequent one, I suspect it would be a sine die ban. Indeed, I believe that a sine die ban would be appropriate in this case. A total ban until he can persuade the disciplinary authorities that he has received appropriate treatment and his therapists can assert that he is "cured" of this cannibalistic tendency."

E-mail "Rio Ferdinand got an eight month ban for missing a drugs test!" says Paul Mitchell. " Suarez' ban is far, far too lenient. Two years would have been about right."

Rickie Lambert sends thank you card to FIFA.

Typical vermin reaction from pool supporters

A marriage made in heaven - vile player at a vile club

Fred - "How much does he earn a week?"

from post 3304.

Click on Liverpool on the 1st link.

Premier League Player Salaries (Club by Club)

Manchester United Players Salaries 2014 – Man Utd Wage Bill

Murray again today , cruising through at the moment .

662,415 to 110,015 - a lot of goals.

Wheres Christine Carson today ??? hiding his weekly hangover???? we know Chris we just keep quiet and sympathise for you.

Its a growing trend amongst Everton fans.

As Eddie Waring said..................poor lad, poor lad.