Suarez doesn't fancy 'amicable' solution. Wants Arsenal transfer

Details: Written by George White; Published: Saturday, 03 August 2013 12:26

Luis Suarez is considering handing in a transfer request if his dispute with Liverpool isn’t resolved shortly according to the BBC.

The Uruguayan felt the well publicised offer of just over £40 million should have seen his clause met and he expected a transfer to go through.

As we brought to you earlier, Liverpool insist Arsenal aren’t in the Champions League yet so until the Gunners qualify for the group stages, the Merseyside club won’t accept any offer from Arsene Wenger’s team.

'New' contract clause

When Suarez signed a new contract in August 2012 he wanted a clause that allowed him to depart the club if they failed to qualify for the Champions League and a team bid over £40 million for him.

Liverpool refused but verbally agreed to oblige to those conditions if the terms were met although they would only sell to a club in the Champions League.

Suarez is frustrated with his club for going against their word although from a legal perspective he understands that the Merseyside club haven’t done anything wrong.

Court of Arbitration?

The BBC believes Suarez might take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport like he did in 2007 when trying to force a move from Groningen to Ajax.

The Court of Arbitration committee ruled against Suarez then but he joined Ajax shortly afterwards anyway.

It seems this whole saga could get incredibly messy from a Liverpool point of view and considering our recent past we know how that feels.

Challenge for titles once more

I would predict that any possible deal will not happen until Arsenal have qualified for the Champions’ League group stages, so we will have to wait a little while yet until we can see Suarez in an Arsenal shirt, if the deal ever happens.

A huge positive though is that he appears to be desperate to move to the Emirates and being an ambitious player he must feel we are assembling a team that can challenge for titles and trophies.

Hopefully if he signs he can help end our draught and bring trophies to the Emirates.

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-1 #6 mungu 2013-08-06 12:06

What ever it takes, Arsenal is already in th CL and Louis is OURS.

+1 #5 yaseen 2013-08-03 17:50

Suarez is a fantastic footballer but arsenal need much more than suarez to start winning silverware again.suarez has a contract with liverpool and if he wishes to break that contract he should allow liverpool to get the best possible price.if arsenal want the player then they should pay the asking price or respect the contract thet exists between liverpool and suarez

+2 #4 andy 2013-08-03 15:02

You need to pay the 50m plus pay his 10% when he hands in a transfer request so 55m plus his signing on, agents fees etc so prob nearer 65m and the his wages which would be about 150k a week over 4 years i.e. another 30-35m inc bonuses etc. 100m over 4 years should cover it. The rest of this article is pure speculation. It was only a week ago there were reports saying he accepted he had no buy out clause. If he puts a transfer request in and you stump up 50-55m they will probably let him go but as per usual Arsenal are trying to do everything on the cheap.

+1 #3 Big j 2013-08-03 14:43

Suarez is better than you, I mean higuain

#2 Negus 2013-08-03 14:23

Why L'pool? Let the young man follow his heart.

+2 #1 Ken Hawkins 2013-08-03 13:21

Very little of the content of this article is factual. There was a very clear airtight contract between player and club but of course agents don't always see clarity and also see their function as to engineer an outcome that is good mostly for their own pockets. His agent is experienced enough to put ALL details in writing. Strange that these comments about verbal agreements have only just surfaced. Check what Liverpool ACTUALLY said and there is no mention of Arsenal qualifying for the CL being a condition. He would almost certainly be allowed to leave if he put in a transfer request and his valuation is met. This is the frustrating point for him personally because if he did this he would lose his loyalty slice of the fee- £10m or so on a £50m deal! Most of the lies and engineering appear to be coming from his agent or himself. Strange that he waited until he was out of the country before he began his campaign. Sign of a devious manipulator, I think. Liverpool would be absolutely mental to allow Suarez to leave for a Premiership rival for the top four slots unless the fee is big enough to buy a suitable replacement (or two) Despite his obvious skills on the pitch, he is a liability and I doubt if even Wenger can help him change. Wenger's behaviour as always is impeccable. For the sake of Liverpool and Arsenal, I hope he goes outside of the UK (and soon)

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