Liverpool FC Forum

SouthCoastShankly » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:25 am wrote:

Octsky » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:11 am wrote:we selling suarez to arsenal is like arsenal selling rvp to manus.
nothing will come good out of this.
so an extraordinary premium is justifiable in this case.

Not quite but I get your point.

Selling Suarez to Arsenal is far worse that RVP to Man U. Arsenal, even with RVP, were never comparable with Man U.

We however, despite the pending protest from Benny, are comparable to Arsenal. Last season and this season we will be competing for fourth place with them and Tottenham.

Benny The Noon » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:27 am wrote:Now I have had a quick search around to see what wage he was given and this are two reports

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... ct-1233335

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19161455

Both reports mention him "trebling" his wages. BR said when he signed the new contract he was now on par with Gerrards wage.

Now the actual amount Suarez gets in basic will be comparable to Gerrard and it will be over a hundred grand a week I believe

But the main person that knows isn't you or me it is Suarez

eds » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:24 am wrote:http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/hilarious-ad-portrays-liverpool-star-luis-suarez-as-office-douchebag/story-e6frfmyi-1226681774991?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=entertainment

parchpea » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:08 pm wrote:Looks like the contract drawn up was watertight anyway which is to be commended and the price is what
we want not the player 

Luis Suarez transfer will now cost Arsenal £50m-plus after he loses Liverpool contract wrangle
30 Jul 2013 22:32
Striker now accepts key clause in his deal does not mean Kop club MUST sell him if they receive an offer of over £40million

Arsenal will have to pay £55million if they still want Luis Suarez, after the striker dropped his pursuit of arbitration as a means of leaving for less.

The Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger had indicated he was ready to dig in and wait to see the outcome of a contract dispute between the striker and Liverpool, after submitting a bid of £40m plus one pound - which was supposed to trigger a release clause.

Yet, in fresh talks early this week with his club, Suarez has finally conceded he will not approach the Premier League to arbitrate - because the contract clearly states the Anfield giants have no obligation to sell him at ANY price.

And with the 26-year-old under contract for another three years, manager Brendan Rodgers and the Reds' board are determined to keep him unless their valuation - thought to be around the £55m Paris Saint-Germain paid Napoli for Edinson Cavani, Suarez's Uruguay strike partner, a fortnight ago - is matched.

A source close to the club’s American owners explained on Tuesday that lawyers have examined Suarez’s contract in detail, and have concluded there is no requirement to sell in the event of a bid topping £40m, merely a commitment to inform the player of any such approach.

“We are 100 per cent confident - there is absolutely no obligation to sell and that is very clear,” the source explained.

“We’ve all examined the clause in detail. All it obliges is good faith negotiations about Luis’s future.”


Wenger’s problems are compounded by the fact Liverpool are determined not to sell to one of their direct rivals for the top-four place they are targeting in the coming season.

And that means Suarez has only three options if he is to get his desire to go to a club engaged in the 2013-14 Champions League - a sentiment he reiterated at a meeting with the club at the start of this week.

Option one would require Wenger to make a bid so massive it would convince Liverpool to sell - and sources within Anfield suggest that figure would have to be well beyond £50m for them to even contemplate doing business with another English club.

Option two is for Suarez to take the drastic action which Carlos Tevez attempted when he tried to force a move away from Manchester City... but the Argentine’s ‘strike’ plan backfired dramatically and he was left to rot in the reserves amid widespread global condemnation.

While Suarez has indicated to Arsenal he is prepared to agitate for a move, he has stopped short of submitting a transfer request.

Nor has he shown any appetite for the extreme course of action he pursued when he eventually engineered a switch to Ajax from fellow Dutch side Groningen.

That leaves his final option, and perhaps the only real prospect now of a route out of Anfield - a bid from a foreign club.

While Liverpool are determined to ensure any English suitors meet their massive valuation, their preferred option, if Suarez does leave, is to see him disappear from the Premier League, and they could be persuaded to reduce the fee for a team from overseas.

Real Madrid are still the striker's preferred option. And even though the Spanish giants are currently consumed with their passionate pursuit of Spurs' Gareth Bale, they have indicated there is some interest in Suarez.

If they can raise sufficient funds, Real could still bid later in the transfer window, and Liverpool would be more inclined to allow that deal to happen - especially if they are given the time to line up a suitable replacement.

RUSHIE#9 » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:30 pm wrote:What is interesting about this clarification is that Arsenal or Suarez's advisor's appear to have breached confidentiality rules over his contract by making this (quite pointless) £40m clause public knowledge. I think it's telling that Liverpool are trying to manage the situation with Suarez by not pressing this development further with the FA that could result in pushing him further towards the exit door if the FA were to take action over it against his agent if he is the guilty party.

mart » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:30 am wrote:

RUSHIE#9 » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:30 pm wrote:What is interesting about this clarification is that Arsenal or Suarez's advisor's appear to have breached confidentiality rules over his contract by making this (quite pointless) £40m clause public knowledge. I think it's telling that Liverpool are trying to manage the situation with Suarez by not pressing this development further with the FA that could result in pushing him further towards the exit door if the FA were to take action over it against his agent if he is the guilty party.

The "release clause" was public knowledge long before Arsenal bid for him. Just look here: http://sillyseason.com/football/premier ... s-contract