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12 Jan 2017 10:13:39
Lads i see suarez scored 100 goals for barcelona. Remember when ye offerd 40 mill. plus £1,ye should have at least thrown another fiver in the mix. if only.

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12 Jan 2017 10:24:28
Liverpool later revealed that we did trigger a clause and that price should have allowed us to atleast enter discussions with him I think. If that happened the bid wouldn't be the subject of so many jokes.

Anyway, shouldn't you Man U fans be more focused on supporting your team and changing the fact that you could hear a pin drop in your stadium - as Jose Moaninho has said?

{Ed002's Note - The situation with Arsenal was that with Suarez desperate to leave the previous summer Liverpool had agreed that if any offer over £40M was made then Suarez would be allowed to move if he wanted to. This was not a buy out or release clause but what is now becoming more popular – a termination clause. At the time, the expectation was that Real Madrid would step in (which was what Suarez then wanted) with an offer but it was far too low for Liverpool to accept. Arsenal made the offer of £40M plus £1 as the club was unsure whether it was “£40M and above” or “over £40M” – there was nothing wrong with that. At the time, as this was seemingly the only way out of Liverpool, Suarez was willing to accept this as a stepping stone to one of the major Spanish clubs, but the Liverpool board blocked it. Suarez's agents took legal advice and were set to argue that Arsenal matched the clause that allowed to leave and that they should allow the player to discuss the transfer with Arsenal as soon as is possible. They would then look to leverage this legal position to stop Liverpool blocking the transfer and were willing to use the £2M then due the player as an incentive in order to facilitate the transfer. Suarez would have moved to Arsenal given the opportunity and this is when he started his campaign against the club regarding broken promises etc.. That summer, Liverpool agreed that he would be able to leave the following summer, regardless – this was done to avoid any potential legal battle. By the following summer Barcelona were interested and that suited Suarez – better than Madrid he tells the Catalan media when they ask. If the matter had of gone to court there would be no doubt the move could have been forced. An appeal would have perhaps been considered by Liverpool but that would have potentially dragged on long enough to stop Suarez playing for anyone until it was resolved – and that could have had disastrous consequences for Liverpool.}

12 Jan 2017 11:10:41
Cheers ed, good information there

{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}

12 Jan 2017 13:36:45
Brilliant,

Thank you Ed002.

12 Jan 2017 14:25:13
Very informative ed. love reading things like that which don't seem to make the papers. Imagine how much they'd milk and change a story like that

12 Jan 2017 15:26:52
The 40m plus £1 offer allows media and morons like Merson to mock our great club. The facts support good business acumen from Arsenal which does not make interesting reading and supports the "tight Wenger" voices







 

 

 
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