guess the board didn't learn much from the Ibra transfer
Eto had a big big personality clashes, and his presence wasn't good for the dressing room. So they perceived to get a huge palyer, who perfectly fitted the plans and they wanted to get rid of eto desperately aswell, So that deal still made sense.
This time, we are forcing out a gem of a person, who has excellent off the pitch presence, great work rate, and best thing of all he is willing to be messi's right hand.
In exchange of a player who has disciplinary issues, will stay banned for most of the next season, Will be targeted by every single team from now on, as a player who can be easily red carded, (lose temper, will lead to him being bullied and then he will do bite or head but every now and then).
Plus, what hurts most. Is all these years, barca has taken pride in la massiah, developing players, having a team, not group of individuals who were bought on huge transfer fee (like madrid has been doing ever since they existed).
And now when alexis has finally settled and started to give glimpses of what he can add, we are selling him. I still remember, he was considered perfectly suitable to barca system back then, when we let go hazard to sign alexis.
Suarez may be a worldclass player, and theoratically shouldn't have any problem what so ever settling in the barca system. But there is absolutely no guarantee.
We are safer to continue with alexis than taking our chances on suarez.