Arsene Wenger reveals Luis Suarez “agreed” to join Arsenal in 2013 - and why they bid £40,000,001
Wenger has recalled one of the most famous transfer sagas in football history when Arsenal tried to sign Suarez from Liverpool in the summer of 2013
Arsene Wenger has revealed Luis Suarez “agreed” to join Arsenal - and why they bid £40,000,001.
Wenger has recalled one of the most famous transfer sagas in football history when Arsenal tried to sign Suarez from Liverpool in the summer of 2013.
Liverpool owner John Henry publicly mocked Arsenal for making the extraordinary offer with an extra £1 to activate a clause with his infamous tweet “What are they smoking over there at the Emirates?”
But Wenger, in an interview with beIN Sports, insists that Suarez wanted to move to Arsenal and a deal had been done and challenged anyone to ask Suarez who joined Barcelona a year later.
Wenger said: “He was very close (to signing for Arsenal). We had an agreement with the player. We had been wrongly advised that he had a clause, with a minimal clause, but we had an agreement with the player. You can ask him.
“I'm convinced he wanted to join us and then they sold him. They kept him one more year, improved his contract and promised to sell him the year later to a club abroad."
Wenger also praised Suarez’s behaviour in recent times after cleaning up his act following several high profile storms, including his biting shame.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsene-wenger-reveals-luis-suarez-10089995
Wenger has recalled one of the most famous transfer sagas in football history when Arsenal tried to sign Suarez from Liverpool in the summer of 2013
Arsene Wenger has revealed Luis Suarez “agreed” to join Arsenal - and why they bid £40,000,001.
Wenger has recalled one of the most famous transfer sagas in football history when Arsenal tried to sign Suarez from Liverpool in the summer of 2013.
Liverpool owner John Henry publicly mocked Arsenal for making the extraordinary offer with an extra £1 to activate a clause with his infamous tweet “What are they smoking over there at the Emirates?”
But Wenger, in an interview with beIN Sports, insists that Suarez wanted to move to Arsenal and a deal had been done and challenged anyone to ask Suarez who joined Barcelona a year later.
Wenger said: “He was very close (to signing for Arsenal). We had an agreement with the player. We had been wrongly advised that he had a clause, with a minimal clause, but we had an agreement with the player. You can ask him.
“I'm convinced he wanted to join us and then they sold him. They kept him one more year, improved his contract and promised to sell him the year later to a club abroad."
Wenger also praised Suarez’s behaviour in recent times after cleaning up his act following several high profile storms, including his biting shame.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsene-wenger-reveals-luis-suarez-10089995

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