Fresh bid: Suarez could yet leave Liverpool before the end of the transfer window



Previous offers of £30m and £35m have already been rejected by Liverpool, who paid £22.7m to sign Suarez in January 2011, but Arsenal have made him their No 1 target and are focusing their efforts on his recruitment having seemingly missed out on the transfer of Gonzalo Higuain.

Wenger already believes Suarez is interested in moving south and with Higuain close to joining Napoli knows a statement in the transfer market is overdue.



Though the forward has again appeared perfectly content since joining Liverpool's pre-season tour of Australia in Melbourne, it is almost certain he would want the opportunity to at least discuss the move but Liverpool maintain that the clause in his contract means they are only obliged to inform Suarez of any offer, not to accept it.

Arsenal's transfer record was set in January 2009, when they paid £15m to sign Andrey Arshavin. Their present bid for Suarez already more than doubles that.



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