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Luis Suarez is refusing to give up on a £40million transfer to Arsenal after angrily claiming Liverpool AGREED to let him go.

Suarez's agent, Pere Guardiola, has told the Anfield giants that the striker is frustrated, wants to quit and feels let down over what he thought were promises to sell him if the Reds missed out on the coming season's Champions League.

Now, the Uruguay international is determined to force the issue as he wants to join Arsenal - while also secretly harbouring hopes that Real Madrid will come in for him.

The Gunners are prepared to wait on Suarez, their No1 transfer target, even though Liverpool have insisted he will not be sold to a Premier League rival.

It could now get ugly, as the transfer saga threatens to drag on until the August window shuts - and Suarez is no stranger to forcing his way out of a club.

He took his case to a Dutch tribunal when he moved from Groningen to Ajax in 2007.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has insisted the 26-year-old has given up on the clause in his contract that was thought to oblige the Reds to sell if they received an offer in excess of £40m.

But it is understood that - despite not taking the issue of the clause to the Premier League - the Suarez camp still believes Arsenal's offer of £40,000,001 is enough to allow him to leave, and they have not abandoned the possibility of legal action to get him out of Anfield.

Liverpool insist the clause is "water-tight" and only requires them to inform Suarez that a club have made an offer of that value.

The Uruguayan's advisers, meanwhile, remain adamant that he should now be entitled to leave Anfield.

Suarez's people claim they met with Rodgers and the Liverpool hierarchy in June to discuss the player's future, after he insisted he wanted to leave.

Guardiola expressed Suarez's anger and said he wanted to quit if an offer came in from a big club which had qualified for the Champions League.

They claim Liverpool verbally agreed to negotiate if an offer of more than £35m came in and that while they would never sell to bitter rivals Manchester United, offers from big London clubs, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich would be entertained.

Some observers have questioned whether the Gunners count as a Champions League club yet as they must win a play-off tie next month - the second leg of which will be played less than a week before the transfer window closes - to reach the group stage after finishing fourth last season.

Suarez also says Liverpool promised to tell him about any negotiations and now feels let down because they have rejected an offer from Arsenal.

His camp they also believe there has been contact from Real and Chelsea, which has not been passed on by the Reds.