The man who signed Luis Suarez for Liverpool, Damien Comolli, believes it’s understandable that the striker wants to join Arsenal because Liverpool cannot match his ambition.
The Reds have rejected two Arsenal bids for the Uruguayan striker – most recently £40million plus £1, but he continues to be linked with a move to the Gunners – as well as Real Madrid.
Former Reds director of football Comolli oversaw the £22.7m deal that took Suarez from Ajax to Anfield in 2011, and he told the BBC of the saga: ‘It looks like a very messy situation.
‘When I was there, we knew it would be hard to keep players like [Jose] Reina, [Daniel] Agger, Luis [Suarez] if we couldn’t get into the Champions League.
‘Luis is extremely ambitious and with all due respect to Liverpool, they’re a top-eight side, not top-four like Arsenal.’