Luis Suárez

[Norbs]

I'll eat my hat if we get £70m for him

[Venton]

I'll eat my hat if we get £70m for him

Rash promises...

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[Tatterdemalion]

The BBC are reporting that Barcelona will meet the buy-out clause; I'd bite their arm off.

[Zapater]

The BBC are reporting that Barcelona will meet the buy-out clause; I'd bite their arm off.

No need to, that's the point of a release clause. We'd be obligated to sell.

[Tatterdemalion]

No need to, that's the point of a release clause. We'd be obligated to sell.

Honestly?

[S-RED]

Norbs, woolly hats are a nightmare to eat........

[marcus50bucks]

Suarez on brink of move after Barcelona agree to pay release clause

Jul 04, 2014 22:10 By James Pearce

Negotiations between the clubs began in London on Wednesday and progress has been swift

Luis Suarez is on the brink of leaving Liverpool FC after Barcelona agreed to pay his release clause of around £75million.

The structure of the deal still needs to be thrashed out but the ECHO understands the transfer could be completed as early as next week.

Negotiations between the clubs began in London on Wednesday and progress has been swift.

Reds chief executive Ian Ayre informed the Catalan giants that the Uruguayan striker wouldn't be allowed to leave for less than the release clause in the lucrative contract he penned last December.

After accepting that Liverpool wouldn't budge, Barcelona officials have now vowed to pay the asking price.

The fee of around £75million would shatter the previous highest of £50million the Reds banked when Fernando Torres was sold to Chelsea in January 2011.

Reports in Spain suggest Suarez, who cost the Reds £22.8million from Ajax three and a half years ago, has already agreed personal terms on a five-year contract with Barcelona.

Liverpool would have accepted Barca attacker Alexis Sanchez plus around £45million for Suarez but it looks set to be straight cash.

The Chile international is reluctant to leave the Nou Camp and is still considering his options. His representatives have spoken with both Liverpool and Arsenal among others.

FIFA has re-iterated that Suarez will not be allowed to train during his four-month ban for biting.

The 27-year-old has appealed against the suspension which runs until late October.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-fc-luis-suarez-brink-7375714

[marcus50bucks]

Liverpool yet to reach deal with Barcelona over Luis Suárez

• Talks hinge on persuading Alexis Sánchez to move
• Liverpool keen to sign Chile forward as replacement

Press Association
theguardian.com, Friday 4 July 2014 21.49 BST

Liverpool’s attempts to persuade the Barcelona forward Alexis Sánchez to move to Anfield mean Luis Suárez’s transfer to the Camp Nou will not be concluded until next week at the earliest.

Reports emerging from Spain claimed a straight cash fee had been agreed which is lower than the buyout clause, believed to be between £70m and £80m, in the Uruguay international’s contract.

However, there is no consistent agreement on what that new figure is – the most common suggestion being €75m (£60m) – but sources close to the Liverpool end of the deal categorically state there is no truth in the claims.

The two parties held talks on Wednesday and it is understood that the Liverpool chief executive, Ian Ayre, left that meeting confident a deal could be done which met their valuation.

Liverpool insist nothing has changed in that regard and the only hold up to the transfer going through is negotiations surrounding Sánchez.

After Wednesday’s meeting an Anfield source said there were “sensible expectations on both sides”.

Liverpool’s expectations extend to the full value of Suárez’s buy-out clause, inserted into the lucrative £200,000-a-week new deal he signed in December.

Whether that amounts to a pure cash sale or cash-plus-Sánchez has yet to be decided. The Chile international reportedly favours a move to Arsenal but Barcelona would like him to move to Anfield in order to expedite their move for Suárez and lessen the financial impact of the transfer.

Liverpool are still actively pursuing the option of Sánchez being included in the deal, but talks with the player and his representatives are likely to continue into next week.

Until a definitive outcome has been reached on that the value of Suárez’s move to Spain will not be finalised.

While the exit of Suárez remains Liverpool’s primary focus, they are still continuing with their recruitment drive and, having already signed Southampton duo Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana, in addition to the Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Emre Can, they are trying to bring a third Saints man to Anfield in the form of Dejan Lovren.

Brendan Rodgers is keen to add reinforcements at centre-back and Press Association Sport understands a bid has been lodged at St Mary’s.

That has been rejected, but there are suggestions the Croatia international wants the opportunity to play Champions League football, which is an issue Southampton’s new manager Ronald Koeman will have to address as he gets ready to welcome the players back for pre-season.

Were Rodgers to succeed in signing Lovren, it would most likely signal the end of Daniel Agger’s eight-year Liverpool career, with the club looking to offload him for between £10m and £12m.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/04/liverpool-yet-to-reach-agreement-with-barcelona-over-transfer-of-luis-suarez?CMP=twt_gu

[dom9]

So we're back up to £75 now.

Funny how the sources on each side are so polarised on the price.

[Tatterdemalion]

somebody somewhere doesn't understand that "80" isn't the same in sterling and euros.
I'm sure his contract will have been written with sterling in mind; I'm going with £75-80m

[Kenneth]

Why are you sure of that?

[dom9]

somebody somewhere doesn't understand that "80" isn't the same in sterling and euros.
I'm sure his contract will have been written with sterling in mind; I'm going with £75-80m

Is there no end to Ayre's incompetence?

[Gazzla]

As good as £75m is, I worry a little about who will ultimately replace Suarez, Sanchez would have been perfect but that looks increasingly unlikely. I'm guessing that the players we signed at the moment plus the probable signings of Origi and Markovic are out of our existing budget

[Tatterdemalion]

Why are you sure of that?

British club writing contracts under British law; perhaps I'm wrong, but from another point of view, would you have written £60m in S's contract last year?

You might have thought that's a more likely fee, but you'd want some wriggle room surely.

[Kenneth]

a) I have no idea.
b) it makes absolutely no difference to anything.