Post by jockcas on Jul 29, 2013 17:25:36 GMT
Arsenal are reportedly closing in on a deal to sign Liverpool striker Luis Suarez as the North London side prepare to launch a British record bid of £51m for the Uruguayan.
Arsenal are willing to mount a final offer for the 26 year old Anfield star, having failed with bids of £30m and £40m and £1, the fee needed to trigger a clause that allowed Arsenal to discuss terms with Luis Suarez, and are now set to make a mammoth offer for Suarez, one that Liverpool will struggle to turn down.
Arsene Wenger is said to have been handed a £70m transfer war-chest at the beginning of the summer and has added to that fund by trimming his squad and is ready to use the lions share of the funds handed to him by the club’s board on one major target.
This is due in part to Wenger being pleased with his side’s efforts in pre-season which have led the French manager to be of the opinion that the club’s need for a prolific striker is more urgent than looking to improve any other area of his squad.
Arsenal fans will have been surprised by the size of bids their club has made in pursuit of Luis Suarez but efforts to pursue a player of the Liverpool striker’s calibre, as well as apparent interest in the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Marouane Fellaini, Wayne Rooney and Brazilian starlet Bernard, will count for nothing if they are unable to secure actual purchases of said talents.
Suarez is known to be keen on a move to Arsenal and a deal is reportedly on the table to the tune of £150k a week, a sizable increase of the club’s current wage ceiling, and Wenger is keen to not see their advances fail, knowing that a failure to sign a ‘Marquee’ addition will lead to the repeated refrain that the Gunners lack ambition when it comes to investing in the transfer market