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Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> former director of football, Damien Comolli, said it took a lot of convincing to get the club to sign Luis Suarez. Suarez was highly rated at Ajax before he moved to the Reds.
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The Uruguayan forward did have disciplinary issues even at that stage of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comolli, who was fired from his job in April 2013, played a huge role in the club acquiring Suarez and Andy Caroll after Fernando Torres was sold to Chelsea.
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Speaking to The Telegraph, Comolli revealed: \u201cYou have to remind people you are doing a good job, and you need to manage up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need to constantly sell your project and keep the ownership on board.
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I was useless at it. Which sporting director gets fired after winning the [League] Cup and being in the FA Cup final with no money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to convince John Henry [FSG principal owner] to lend money to buy Luis Suarez. We were skint. We won the first trophy since 2006, and I got fired.
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\u201cIf I was good at communicating up and outwards, I don’t know if I would still be in a job, [but] I would have been in a different situation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related Premier League News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tottenham launch \u2018legacy initiative\u2019 with every player assigned historic number<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool\u2019s former director of football, Damien Comolli, said it took a lot of convincing to get the club to sign Luis Suarez. Suarez was highly rated at Ajax before he moved to the Reds. The Uruguayan forward did have disciplinary issues even at that stage of his career. Comolli, who was fired from his job in April 2013, played a huge role in the club acquiring Suarez and Andy Caroll after Fernando Torres was sold to Chelsea. Speaking to The Telegraph, Comolli revealed: \u201cYou have to remind people you are doing a good job, and you need to manage up. \u201cYou need to constantly sell your project and keep the ownership on board. I was useless at it. Which sporting director gets fired after winning the [League] Cup and being in the FA Cup final with no money? \u201cI had to convince John Henry [FSG principal owner] to lend money to buy Luis Suarez. We were skint. We won the first trophy since 2006, and I got fired. \u201cIf I was good at communicating up and outwards, I don’t know if I would still be in a job, [but] I would have been in a different situation.” Related Premier League News: Tottenham launch \u2018legacy initiative\u2019 with every player assigned historic number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nComolli: Henry was not sure about buying Suarez - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liverpool's Damien Comolli shared his thought about Luis Suarez, stating that John Henry was not sure about acquiring the veteran player.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/comolli-henry-was-not-sure-about-buying-suarez-for-liverpool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Comolli: Henry was not sure about buying Suarez - 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