So they threw in an offer of £40million + £1. However, Wenger now admits that he knew no such clause in the contract existed. In his new book 'Arsene Wenger: My Life in Red and White' he writes: "In 2014 [the 2013/14 season] were looking to get Luis Suarez over. But the agent claimed that there was a clause: with an offer above £40million, Liverpool would be obliged to let the player go. "But Liverpool did not want to sell Suarez, they could afford to keep him and there was already an offer from Barca on the horizon."

Source: Daily Mirror October 14, 2020 14:08 UTC