Arsenal have had a club record offer of £30 million for Luis Suárez rejected by Liverpool and have to decide whether or not to return with an increased bid for the controversial forward.

In an unexpected twist to one of the summer’s most fascinating transfer sagas, Arsenal became the first club to make an approach for Suárez, only for their offer to be dismissed by the Anfield club, who continue to maintain that the 26-year-old is not for sale.

Real Madrid had been expected to be the first to make a move for Suárez after he admitted publicly that he would find it difficult to turn down a move to the Bernabéu. But with Real still to follow up their initial interest with a concrete