Arsenal have reinforced their determination to sign Luis Suárez with a club-record bid of £40m plus £1 for the Liverpool striker. The offer was rejected out of hand by Liverpool but Suárez could push for talks over a sensational move to the Emirates Stadium, if he so desires.Liverpool were angered by Arsenal's second bid for the 26-year-old when it arrived on Tuesday and remain adamant it will not trigger the release of their prized asset. The Arsenal chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, was informed by his Anfield counterpart, Ian Ayre, that Liverpool would not consider a sum of £40m for Suárez when he lodged an opening offer of £30m plus £5m in add-ons.But that has not deterred Arsenal from returning, a fortnight later, with an offer that activates a clause in Suárez's contract by one pound. Under the terms of a contract signed in August, Liverpool must inform last season's leading goalscorer of a club's interest once they receive a bid of more than £40m.Anfield officials were due to fulfil that obligation to the Uruguay international following Liverpool's pre-season friendly against Melbourne Victory . It will then be up to Suárez to decide whether he wishes to agitate for a move to Arsenal, having blamed vilification by the British media and the Football Association as the root of his disillusionment in England.Liverpool are adamant that the £40m clause is not a fixed sale price and that they remain free to negotiate their own transfer fee for Suárez. As reported earlier this summer, Liverpool rate Suárez as a better player than Fernando Torres when he was sold to Chelsea in January 2011 and would demand in excess of the £50m received for the Spain international. Brendan Rodgers confirmed that position last week when he placed Suárez in the same price bracket as Uruguay team-mate Edinson Cavani, who recently joined Paris Saint-Germain from Napoli for £55.6m."When you consider that Cavani has gone for £55m you know … Luis is up there in that bracket of top talent," the Liverpool manager said. "Obviously it [Arsenal's first bid] was an offer we didn't deem worthy of the talent and even if they came back with that kind of amount [£55m] there's no guarantee he would be sold even for that because we are trying to build something here."Rodgers has repeatedly stated that Suárez is not for sale and it would require "something drastic" to alter Liverpool's stance on a player they supported throughout the racism controversy with Patrice Evra and again when he received a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanoviclast season. The former Ajax captain has six games left to serve of the Ivanovic suspension next term and his appearance against Melbourne Victory will be his first since April's incident.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/23/arsenal-luis-suarez-liverpool-transfer

Liverpool have rejected Arsenal's improved offer of just over £40m for Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez.
The unusual bid, understood to be £40,000,001, was designed to trigger a clause in the player's contract, but Liverpool have turned it down.
Under the terms of Suarez's deal, the club are duty bound to consider any offer for him in excess of £40m and then inform the 26-year-old of it. But they do not have to sell and have now rejected two bids from Arsenal.
While Liverpool remain determined to keep their prized asset, who scored 30 goals for the club in 44 appearances last season, their resolve is likely to be tested if the bidding continues to rise.
Should Arsenal persist and have an improved bid accepted, it could come close to trebling their previous highest initial outlay on a transfer.
The Gunners, whose first offer for Suarez was £30m, paid a reported £15m to Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin, in January 2009.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers last week said he considered Suarez to be at least as valuable as Edinson Cavani, who recently joined Paris St-Germain for £55m.
Real Madrid remain interested but have yet to make a formal offer.
Suarez joined Liverpool's pre-season tour of Australia at the weekend and was expected to hold talks about his future with Rodgers.
The Uruguay international flew to Melbourne from Montevideo on Sunday after being given extended leave by the Reds following the Confederations Cup.
He wants to leave Anfield to play for a Champions League club despite only signing a new long-term deal last summer.
Speculation has grown about Suarez's future since he was punished with a 10-game ban at the end of April for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
The striker still has to serve six games of that suspension and was also banned in 2011 after being found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
Suarez joined Liverpool from Ajax in January 2011 in a £22.7m deal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23428419

Bring him to Arsenal, Wenger.

My body is ready.

LOL. Arsenal pissing off Liverpool. It's like when a wasp lands on a stinging nettle; someone's going to get hurt and you don't much care which. O:)

Arsenal with Suarez could surely be a top 2 side next season.

I really want to see him joining Arsenal, Wenger should get the right weapons before the war begins.

Why do I feel as if Arsenal and ManUtd aren't going to do good in this summer transfer window (I hope so too)?

oh arsenal, why dont u just offer 40,000000.01, u can save 0.99

https://twitter.com/John_W\_Henry/status/359926622922608641

Haha :)

lol 55?, he is not worth that much, #inflationbecausetherearen'tthatmanystrikersonthemarket

@knibis and Soldado is worth 30 mil?

he is a but overrated at 30 mil but when you think of the lack of good strikers on the market....

if Suarez is at 60 M.E Soldado gotta be on atleast 45 M.E imo

@knibis

Suarez may not be worth 55 million pounds, but 45 - 50 is surely worthy of him. He's a great striker who works relentlessly. And no, Soldado is NOT worth 45 M, man. If Suarez is worth 45 M, which he is, then Soldado would still be worth 15-18 M. (Pounds)

if he (Soldado) would be a PL player he would be worth as much as Suarez almost,

If Isco was an english man and did the same brilliant season in ex Everton as he did in malaga he would have a price tag on close to 70, now he went for ca. 30

Soldado is noway near twice as bad as Suarez even though suarez might be a little bid better, 18 M when Suarez is 45-50M???????

This is how i would value them: Suarez 35 M.E Soldado 23 M.E

@knibis: You live in your own football world and you need to get out it. The stuff you usually is 90% BS. And you're completely bias towards Valencia/La Liga and are against the PL.

@knibis

Mate, you need to get out of your little fantasy. It's not just about whether Suarez is twice as good as Soldado or not, it's also about their ages and their wages (cool rhyme, huh?). Soldado plays for a club that's virtually on the point of bankruptcy. His wage is minimal compared to Luis Suarez's. This increases Suarez's value significantly already. What's more is that Suarez is 26, and Soldado 28.

I previously said that Soldado at 26 would have been worth spending 30 M Euros on for Spurs, and that's what I'll stick to. Soldado only has about 2-3 years left in his prime, whilst Suarez has 4-5 years left at his best, which is worth spending that extra 15 M Pounds on. What's more is that Soldado is a pure finisher, while Suarez is so much more than that. Suarez can take dead ball situations with deadly accuracy, he's a finisher, a creator, and a relentless worker and athlete. A worthy addition to any team. I WILL give Roberto credit that he doesn't drag on any controversy onto himself like Luis does, but we're comparing them only ON the pitch here, not off.

Mate, as a La Liga fan, I'm asking you to stop hating on the EPL and it's players. Enjoy the game for what it is. Don't hate.

I think the point Rogers made about Cavani is a valid one. If Cavani went for 55m, and Falcao for 55m, then 50m is not unreasonable for Suarez, who is about as good as them.

It's all still far too much money, but by comparison, Liverpool are not being ridiculous.

^By the way, has anyone heard of the news going around that Falcao is 29 and not 27!!!?? This is going to be a huge problem if true for Monaco.

lol Hilarious tweets :))