Luis Suarez pwned by the Lizards and is Staying, and has said sorry to BR and teammates
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Luis Suarez agent insists £40 million bid will trigger release from Liverpool
Arsenal and other rival clubs vying for the signature of Luis Suarez have been urged by his agent to offer Liverpool £40 million to put a clause in the player’s contract to the test.
Pere Guardiola is in disagreement with the Anfield hierarchy over the interpretation of the clause that was inserted at the Uruguay forward’s behest when he agreed to sign a new long-term contract last summer. Whereas Liverpool maintain that the stipulation means only that they must consider, but not necessarily accept, offers of £40 million or more, Guardiola believes that a bid matching that figure would effectively trigger his release.
Liverpool and Guardiola remain on good terms despite Suarez’s ongoing agitation for a transfer, but the strength of their relationship is likely to be tested if and when an offer of that size is lodged, as seems increasingly inevitable given the growing intensity of Arsenal’s interest, in particular.
There is a sense of bemusement among senior Liverpool officials at suggestions that their determination to hold on to Suarez will come under strain if Arsenal make a £35 million for the forward.
Not only has their position on Suarez not changed – they continue to maintain that the Uruguay international is not for sale – Liverpool have already turned down one offer from Arsenal, which would ultimately have been worth £35 million to them once add-ons were taken into the equation.
Their instantaneous rejection of that package and subsequent unwillingness to enter into a dialogue with Arsenal over Suarez is an indication of Liverpool’s hardline stance, one which, if anything, has actually become even more resolute as the saga has worn on.
Although there is an acceptance that Suarez is unsettled and keen to move, there is also a desire to convince him to remain at the club for at least one more season as Brendan Rodgers endeavours to return Liverpool to the Champions League.
Given the difficulties that the leading Barclays Premier League clubs are having in recruiting top-class talent this summer – a problem which Rodgers is acutely aware of having lost out to Borussia Dortmund in the race to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Liverpool are conscious that replacing Suarez could be an arduous task even in the event of them receiving a significant fee for his services.
Real Madrid have tracked Suarez throughout the summer but are yet to make Liverpool any kind of offer, while Chelsea are also believed to have an interest in the former Ajax player. However, they are only expected to make a move for him if they are unable to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United.
Liverpool, who are monitoring Bernard, the Atletico Mineiro winger, feel they are in a strong position due to Suarez having a further three years remaining on his contract. As expected, they have told him to join up with Rodgers’s squad in Australia before their pre-season friendly match against Melbourne Victory next Wednesday.
“He’ll be back with us, joining us in Melbourne for the tour and hopefully once he gets back between myself and the manager we can settle him down and focus him on the season ahead,” Ian Ayre, Liverpool’s managing director, said. “Our expectation is he will be pulling on a shirt for Liverpool and carrying on with his contract.”
July 16, 2013
Luis Suarez agent insists £40 million bid will trigger release from Liverpool
Arsenal and other rival clubs vying for the signature of Luis Suarez have been urged by his agent to offer Liverpool £40 million to put a clause in the player’s contract to the test.
Pere Guardiola is in disagreement with the Anfield hierarchy over the interpretation of the clause that was inserted at the Uruguay forward’s behest when he agreed to sign a new long-term contract last summer. Whereas Liverpool maintain that the stipulation means only that they must consider, but not necessarily accept, offers of £40 million or more, Guardiola believes that a bid matching that figure would effectively trigger his release.
Liverpool and Guardiola remain on good terms despite Suarez’s ongoing agitation for a transfer, but the strength of their relationship is likely to be tested if and when an offer of that size is lodged, as seems increasingly inevitable given the growing intensity of Arsenal’s interest, in particular.
There is a sense of bemusement among senior Liverpool officials at suggestions that their determination to hold on to Suarez will come under strain if Arsenal make a £35 million for the forward.
Not only has their position on Suarez not changed – they continue to maintain that the Uruguay international is not for sale – Liverpool have already turned down one offer from Arsenal, which would ultimately have been worth £35 million to them once add-ons were taken into the equation.
Their instantaneous rejection of that package and subsequent unwillingness to enter into a dialogue with Arsenal over Suarez is an indication of Liverpool’s hardline stance, one which, if anything, has actually become even more resolute as the saga has worn on.
Although there is an acceptance that Suarez is unsettled and keen to move, there is also a desire to convince him to remain at the club for at least one more season as Brendan Rodgers endeavours to return Liverpool to the Champions League.
Given the difficulties that the leading Barclays Premier League clubs are having in recruiting top-class talent this summer – a problem which Rodgers is acutely aware of having lost out to Borussia Dortmund in the race to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Liverpool are conscious that replacing Suarez could be an arduous task even in the event of them receiving a significant fee for his services.
Real Madrid have tracked Suarez throughout the summer but are yet to make Liverpool any kind of offer, while Chelsea are also believed to have an interest in the former Ajax player. However, they are only expected to make a move for him if they are unable to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United.
Liverpool, who are monitoring Bernard, the Atletico Mineiro winger, feel they are in a strong position due to Suarez having a further three years remaining on his contract. As expected, they have told him to join up with Rodgers’s squad in Australia before their pre-season friendly match against Melbourne Victory next Wednesday.
“He’ll be back with us, joining us in Melbourne for the tour and hopefully once he gets back between myself and the manager we can settle him down and focus him on the season ahead,” Ian Ayre, Liverpool’s managing director, said. “Our expectation is he will be pulling on a shirt for Liverpool and carrying on with his contract.”
July 16, 2013
Hasn't he just signed a new lease ? Well sometime in the past year ? Or did I nod off for a while.
cavani = 55m, what does that mean for Suarez? 50m at least.
For now, yes.
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it's fucking ridiculous , if it's in a contract then surely it should be pretty clear . These games are tiring . Just sell the fuck and buy Carlton Cole .
BRs probably preparing for life without Suarez - we should do too. Please make a bid for Jackson Martinez. I hear he has a release clause of 30m euros
Thats a weird ambiguous clause to have in a contract isn't it?
£40m? let us consider that offer... no
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It serves little or no purpose if it is that way
You'd have to wonder why it's there at all - surely somebody advised Suarez at the time it was signed?
It's not the first time Suarez has tried this shit, and he pretty much fails in every disciplinary and court case he is involved in.
I'm quite comfortable with the position we're in. There's no compelling interest from Real at this point - we can easily hang onto him for another season because he knows to up that interest he'll have to play well next season.
That said I think now that Cavani seems to be confirmed with PSG those who missed out might want him now.
It just looks like a clause thrown in to placate the Suarez camp, fair play if we were a bit tricky with the wording.
Like you say we're in a good position, it definitely didn't harm Modric stalling at Spurs for the year to get his Madrid move.
Strange strange clause that
To me it sounds like the agent and Suarez are trying to force the issue, knowing that £40m activates their ability to speak to clubs, if that's the case surely they can agree terms with a club with the fee to still be agreed, I'd imagine they would then feel they are then in a position to put pressure on the club to sell at that price (or near enough), hopefully we put an end to that shit straight away.
And what will that do?
Apart from give Sky Sports something to flash across their screen constanty for 72 hours
I think it's pretty clear they've already been talking to clubs.
Based on ... ?
The totality of the comments him and his agent have made
You don't think there's any 'games' involved here?
I know, you know, but they can officially put the pressure on.
Well they've certainly been talking to Arsenal.
To tell them hes not for sale at 30M. I would be surprised if there havnt been other unannounced contacts as well.
To tell them hes not for sale at 30M. I would be surprised if there havnt been other unannounced contacts as well.
What games?
I don't think there's any bluffing involved. If the agent is doing his job right he'll know exactly what clubs are interested and on what terms.
Suarez wouldn't have started with the comments unless there was some level of interest underneath it all
Well, its two fold isnt it.
1) they'll hope it makes his position at the club and with the fans so difficult that we will move him on
2) He'll forfeit the right to a contractual loyalty bonus
Quite, it will ultimately boil down to politics between the club and the player, with both straining to not look like the cunt in this (though Suarez is making a poor effort of it so far).
What will be the crucial point is whether he holds out for what's contractually due to him (or a compromised agreement), or whether he has the balls to put in a transfer request. As far as we're concerned, if this contract clause is as clear as we say it is, then we should force the issue and make him hand in a transfer request, or just refuse to sell (he has 3yrs left, after all).
If, as is suggested by the agent, the clause is ambiguous, then this could get messy with it potentially having to be looked at by a governing/independent body first.
If we hold the cards and the inclusion only means he can "talk" to clubs, then that potentially works in our favour as speculation will mount and we'll know where he wants to go, that's when we can hopefully say well yeah, you want this move, you can say you want to go and the club that's buying you can pay the asking price or get fucked.
What will be the crucial point is whether he holds out for what's contractually due to him (or a compromised agreement), or whether he has the balls to put in a transfer request. As far as we're concerned, if this contract clause is as clear as we say it is, then we should force the issue and make him hand in a transfer request, or just refuse to sell (he has 3yrs left, after all).
If, as is suggested by the agent, the clause is ambiguous, then this could get messy with it potentially having to be looked at by a governing/independent body first.
If we hold the cards and the inclusion only means he can "talk" to clubs, then that potentially works in our favour as speculation will mount and we'll know where he wants to go, that's when we can hopefully say well yeah, you want this move, you can say you want to go and the club that's buying you can pay the asking price or get fucked.
So this is BS then? We wont have to pay him off if he doesnt hand in a transfer request?
Liverpool have no intention of acceding to Suárez’s demand to leave the club for Real Madrid unless he forces the issue by submitting a transfer request, thereby forfeiting his right to a substantial loyalty bonus in excess of £1 million.
It's not a loyalty bonus, it'll be an agreement on what he's owed, "loyalty" being the laughable use of wording for this mercenary ungrateful twat.
