In a remarkable twist of fate, it seems that Luis Suarez will not be allowed to move to the Emirates until Arsenal qualify for the Champions League group stages by winning their play-off.
The Suarez novella has been one of the longest running transfer sagas this summer and it is likely that we will have to wait until the end of the window (September 2nd) to see where the Uruguayan ends up.
Unique offer
We have all heard about Arsenal’s bid of £40 million + £1 and the reason behind that was so Suarez was notified of the offer, but to the North London club’s knowledge it should have met the release clause of the forward.
The clause is believed to be, that Liverpool must accept any offer in excess of £40 million if they are not in the Champions League and the club that offered the total are in Europe’s elite competition, now is where we get problem.
Are we in the Champions League?
Liverpool are suggesting, rightly or wrongly, that Arsenal are not actually in the Champions League so they will not be accepting any offer until the Gunners have qualified for the group stages.
It seems a ridiculous suggestion by the Merseyside club but one that they are going to use to try and keep hold of their star man.
Legally it is probably a legitimate reason but it seems absurd for Liverpool to use this as an excuse to keep the former Ajax man.
John Cross of the Daily Mirror also mentioned the possibility of this clause, although only briefly, it still adds to the evidence that it is the main stumbling block in this potential transfer.
The draw for the Champions League play-off is yet to be revealed but the first leg will be played on either August 20th or 21st and the return leg will be on the 27th or 28th, only then will we know if Suarez can move.
Qualify and he is ours…
Assuming Arsenal qualify it would mean Arsene Wenger would have five days to finalise any transfer with the forward and his representatives, I am sure this is something that would run smoothly.
Le Professeur has already admitted he will be working very hard to sign the forward so there remains genuine hope that he could end up at the Emirates.
All that needs to happen now is for the Gunners to qualify, then essentially they could offer the exact same amount as before and it should be enough to force Liverpool’s hand.
It has been a long saga but unlike recent targets this one may have some light at the end of the tunnel, even if Liverpool are doing all they can to stop the deal going through. In the end we could actually see the enigmatic forward move to North London, and then we could be a true force for the first time in years.
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As an arsenal fan I personally would not like Suarez at my club. He is a quality player but he has too much of an ego.
Plus Arsene would be a massive hypocrite if he purchased Suarez. As he would be going against the reason we let Fabregas, Van Persie and Nasri go, the arsenal wage cap is there for a reason. Stop posturing as start putting your money where your mouth is.
We had the opportunity to sign Higuain which we missed because we were squabbling over a couple of million. Please be serious, if you want to spend big don't do it for Suarez. He is well over priced, you look at some of the bargains bought by the Swansea with Bony and Spurs with Paulinho.
Fingers crossed we get some decent additons in the areas that actually need reinforcement like DM, CB and GK. We have a ridiculous amount of players who can score goals but we need a strong spine to our team.
So not only are u saying thzt a verbal agreement isnt worth anything, which is wrong its as binding as a written one if it can be proven in court, yr also saying it ok for Liverpool to make promises to its players an then shafted them so in one hand u slag of a player for a lack of loyalty an in the other laugh at him for trusting his employers who lied to him
Thats not what u said pal! You said we have changed the way we feel about him thats wrong as those that said those things probably still feel that way but aint on here commenting so dont accuse those that didnt say those things of changing their minds an if you knw so much about Arsenal an its fans an seem to spend alot of time on Arsenal sites, as u claim to do, maybe u too should follow Suarez an join us go on come out from under Evertons shadow an see the light
Arsenal's scouts haven't seen Suarez's contract and no-one except LFC, Suarez and his agents should know about a release clause.
It doesn't exist anyway, so I don't see the point of BS blogs like the one above.
Suarez himself has said there's no release clause in his contract but that he has a "verbal agreement"!
Yeah, he can put his "verbal agreements" in one hand, *** in the other - I wonder which one will fill up first!
They must have changed their entire fanbase if you're denying all knowledge of the hatred towards Suarez shown by Arsenal fans.
On this site, and many other Arsenal sites and blogs, I've lost count of the amount times I've seen someone say they will give up their season ticket if the you sign him. Or the amount of times I've seen the words scumbag, racist, diving, cheating, rat, c**t, etc, when talking about the posibilty of signing him.
I know more about your fellow fans than you do.
You really should make sure u knw what yr talking about before slagging someone off FFP means a club can only spend money it has generated, ie not use money from an outside source the way City an Chelski have, therefore Arsenal can spend what they want as its money made by the club Real use money from outside sources, mainly its bank who they are already in debt to in excess of what they are worth and make so FFP would apply to them as under its rules u must show that u have the money an its yrs
To be honest Arsenal are using their last yhrow of the dice here.... I hope if he goes it explodes inyour face.... you need other players apart from him more desperately.
Where did u read that Arsenal fans said those things an why would Arsenal fans have even said them ? at the time the incident there was no thought of Arsenal buying him so why say we wouldnt buy him an we may change our minds but not as often as yr lot change managers chasing a return to yr glory days of the 80's
Sorry m8 but yr wrong if yr right tthen what competition were Celtic playing in last week think u will find it was The Champions league all be it a qualifying game its still comes under the heading. Try telling some of the non league sides that they dont take part in the FA cup simply because they only play in the early rounds
A "buck"sounds like another yank sticking his nose into a sport they knw feck all about an donteven knw uts correct name
Wenger has never said that Arsenal have "loads to spend" an he never said it this summer either it was the MD that made that statement but u belive what u want in yr own little fantasy world where everything the media says is true
Yr wrong m8 "gbole" knws cos he has a source within liverpool that couldnt wait to tell him all Liverpools confidential info regards contracts etc
If yr "club source" was the tea lady it dont really count cos a guy down the pub told me thats his aunties gardener got it from his butchers dog that she a liar
Suarez to Arse-nal?. Will only happen in your COMATOSE state!!!
A verbal agreement is binding in a court of law so think u may find the cards liverpool are holding could turn out to be all jokers
Truth is..liverpool are trying to stall and delay the deal for as long as my beards can keep growing in the hope..real madrid might come back for him. Am not being complacent but liverpool know we are surely gona qualify from the playoffs, they know our record in qualifying from play offs..100% and even them don't harbour the slightest of doubts about our ability to qualify. Lets just qualify and wait for the next *** excuse, may be this time would be "SUAREZ? progress from the group stages 1st" LOL
Use wan 2 lurn proba english ....if the clsuse states, as above says,"USE" can not stop him joining