But former Arsenal manager Wenger, later revealed just how close Liverpool's star player had come to joining their long-standing rivals in the capital. Speaking to beIN Sports, Wenger said: "He was very close. 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.”
On this occasion, the lack of a release clause worked in Liverpool's favour as they were able to offload the growing baggage of Suarez 12 months later for a much larger fee than Arsenal had been offering. And as far as anyone is aware, Barcelona did not need to offer a couple of extra 50ps to get the deal over the line.
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