Suarez was not even the best LFC player on the pitch for England vs Uruguay

In fact, I would argue he was the worst.  It's amazing how a little luck and a lot of skill can cloak such a poor performance.  Not to take anything away from his brilliant finishing, but if it wasn't for a great pass from Cavani and an errant header from Gerrard, Suarez would probably be ridiculed for his erroneous-filled effort. A look at the stats is even more damning:

	Suarez	Johnson	Sturridge	Sterling	Gerrard	Henderson
mins	88	90	90	64	90	87
goals	2	0	0	0	0	0
assists	0	1	0	0	0	0
chances	1	3	0	0	1	1
gcp90	2.05	1	0	0	0	0
ccp90	1.02	3	0	0	1	1.03
pass%	67	83	73	86	74	89
bp%	65.2	32.2	34.6	50	29.3	21.7
cross att	11	3	1	1	7	1
succ cross	0	0	0	0	2	0
cross %	0	0	0	0	28.6	0
sacc%	50	0	60	0	0	100
shot%	50	0	0	0	0	0
take on	0/1	1/2	3/5	5/6	1/1	1/2
take %	0	50	60	83.3	100	50
dispo	3	2	1	5	0	1
offside	2	0	1	0	0	0
fouled	1	1	3	1	0	0
fouls	3	0	1	3	1	0
tack	1	2	0	0	3	1
tack %	50	67	0	0	60	50
int	0	0	0	0	1	1
off won	0	0	0	0	0	0
clear	2	3	0	0	4	3
clear %	100	100	0	0	100	100
shot blk	0	0	0	0	1	0
adwon	2	2	1	2	2	1
adwon%	50	40	50	66	100	100
TTI	17	13	16	10	12	8

Suarez was the inferior passer by a mile, completing only 67% of his passes despite 65.2% were towards his own goal.  He also attempted and failed 11 crosses, that's the same amount of all the other LFC players combined considering Gerrard had two successful.  He also had the highest TTI and that doesn't even account for crosses that changed possession.

If I had to pick the best player, statistically speaking, it would be Jordan Henderson.  His passing was outstanding, especially considering his incredibly low back pass rate and the fact that he lead all players with 60 attempts.  If he had only scored on his lone attempt, we would be talking about him today as the MotM instead of Suarez.

The only player who gave Suarez a run for his money was Sterling.  Had he not been subbed out in the 64th minute, he very well could have had a higher TTI, but his passing and take-on numbers were both superior.

Alexis Sanchez for £20m is too good to be true

Though it's hard to believe anyone would offer £26m for Adam Lallana, what's even more unimaginable is Barcelona letting Alexis Sanchez go for only £20m.  Considering that they paid £22m for him from Udinese, it is probably only media-created rubbish.  According to SkySports, Barça has come out and said Sanchez is not for sale.  Juventus apparently offered £12m for him, that's just insulting, but I bet Barcelona would have second thoughts if someone came in for £30m and would probably jump to sell at £35m.  But is he worth it?

The thing about Sanchez is that he's a goal creating machine, not only for himself, but for his teammates as well.  His chances created per 90 is only a 1.8, which is not bad, but his goals created per 90 is a solid 1.1.  For some perspective, Suarez' gcp90 is 1.3 and Sturridge's is the same as Sanchez at 1.1.  Adding the Chilean would be devastating to opponent's defenses as those three could average 3.5 goals created per match just by themselves.

He is also a deadly shooter.  52.8% of shots were on goal and 20% overall found the back of the net.  He bettered both Suarez (44.8%) and Sturridge (42.4%) in the accuracy department, but Sturridge bettered him on shot percentage at 21.2 with Suarez having a very respectable 17.1%.

Sanchez does have his faults though, his back pass percentage is a horrid 63.7%, which means even his meager 79.7% passing rate is not even that good going forward.  Also his TTI90 is 13, which would put him behind only Suarez among regular starters for Liverpool.  Surprisingly though, he's a decent tackler with a per match rate of 2.2 and a success percentage of 47.6.

The bottom line is that Alexis Sanchez will not turn 26 until December, which means he has plenty of productive years in front of him.  I don't think we'll try and buy him, but I don't see how it would hurt to put £25-28m on the table to see if they budge.  We can add Borini and Assaidi to the deal, so we can save face when they sell them to Sunderland and Stoke at a discount.