Arsenal to bid £40m for Suarez
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Arsenal to bid £40m for Luis Suarez but Liverpool want £55m
ARSENE WENGER last night finally agreed to make a £40million offer for Luis Suarez only to be told Liverpool now want £55m.
Arsenal boss Wenger was ready to match the Reds original asking price after his £30m bid was KOd.
But Kop chief Brendan Rodgers said: When you consider Edinson Cavani has gone for £55m, Luis is up there in that bracket of top talent.
"Arsenals was an offer we didnt deem worthy of the talent.
Theres no guarantee Luis would be sold even for that because we are trying to build something we dont have to sell.
Were prepared to spend and get people in without having to sell him.
The reality is we have had one offer.
So there can be as much speculation as you like, theres been nothing beyond that.
Suarezs Uruguay team-mate Cavani joined Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli on Tuesday.
And Rodgers tough talk will leave Arsenal worried that they could miss out on all of their top transfer targets.
Wenger, in Japan on the Gunners Asia trip, will face a huge backlash from fans if he fails to deliver one of Suarez, Wayne Rooney or Gonzalo Higuain.
Rodgers, speaking from Indonesia as the Anfield outfit tour Australia and the Far East, added: Liverpool are one of the giants of the world.
There is massive competition and we dont want to be selling players we want to keep our best ones here.
ARSENE WENGER last night finally agreed to make a £40million offer for Luis Suarez only to be told Liverpool now want £55m.
Arsenal boss Wenger was ready to match the Reds original asking price after his £30m bid was KOd.
But Kop chief Brendan Rodgers said: When you consider Edinson Cavani has gone for £55m, Luis is up there in that bracket of top talent.
"Arsenals was an offer we didnt deem worthy of the talent.
Theres no guarantee Luis would be sold even for that because we are trying to build something we dont have to sell.
Were prepared to spend and get people in without having to sell him.
The reality is we have had one offer.
So there can be as much speculation as you like, theres been nothing beyond that.
Suarezs Uruguay team-mate Cavani joined Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli on Tuesday.
And Rodgers tough talk will leave Arsenal worried that they could miss out on all of their top transfer targets.
Wenger, in Japan on the Gunners Asia trip, will face a huge backlash from fans if he fails to deliver one of Suarez, Wayne Rooney or Gonzalo Higuain.
Rodgers, speaking from Indonesia as the Anfield outfit tour Australia and the Far East, added: Liverpool are one of the giants of the world.
There is massive competition and we dont want to be selling players we want to keep our best ones here.
