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 KO’d. 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. "Arsenal’s was an offer we didn’t deem worthy of the talent. “There’s no guarantee Luis would be sold even for that because we are trying to build something — we don’t have to sell. “We’re 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, there’s been nothing beyond that.” Suarez’s 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 don’t want to be selling players — we want to keep our best ones here.” Read more: thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5021882/Luis-Suarez-valued-by-Liverpool-at-55m-as-Arsenal-line-up-40m-offer.html#ixzz2ZTSwV4bV
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:27:19 +0000
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