What if: Luis Suarez had never left Liverpool

Luis Suarez, Liverpool
Luis Suarez’s exit left Liverpool floundering

#2 S-S-S (Suarez-Sturridge-Sterling) would still be intact

Luis Suarez, Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge
The SSS trio was lethal for Liverpool

While the world would be bereft of one exceptional trio, they would have had the opportunity to witness another one, albeit not of the same calibre.

The Sturridge, Sterling, and Suarez partnership, commonly referred to as SSS, was broken up following Suarez's departure. Sterling moved to Manchester City the following season, leaving Daniel Sturridge at Liverpool alongside eternal flop Mario Balotelli.

Had the trio remained intact, they could have gone on to form one of the most formidable partnerships on the planet, behind Real Madrid's Bale-Benzema-Ronaldo partnership.

With the ability to interchange roles in an instant, they constantly terrorised defences in the 2013 season and were easily the biggest attacking threat in the Premier League at that time. Suarez’s cunning and poacher’s instinct, alongside Sterling’s raw pace and Sturridge’s directness, breathed life into a Liverpool side that desperately needed rejuvenation.

Sturridge and Suarez alone contributed a whopping 51 goals that year, while at the same time, allowing Sterling to grow into his role. With a growing understanding, the trio could easily have conquered English football.

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