In 2013, Arsenal offered £40,000,001 for Luis Suárez in order to start negotiations with the Liverpool forward, according to many recources. It did not go down well.
At that time, Arsenal reinforced their determination to sign Suárez with a club-record bid of £40m plus £1 for the Liverpool striker. The offer was rejected out of hand by Liverpool.
Liverpool were angered by Arsenal's bid for the 26-year-old. The Arsenal chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, was informed by his Anfield counterpart, Ian Ayre, that Liverpool would not consider a sum of £40m for Suárez when he lodged an opening offer of £30m plus £5m in add-ons.
And the rest is history that everyone knows.
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ShahnawazZahid
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Seems like Arsenal's budget hasn't increased since then
__kat02
77
don't tell me they had the same transfer budget since then 😲
kasaprenko12
54
OTD Arsene Wenger and the rest of Arsenal board members were high on Cheap drugs
Arsenalblobfish101
41
Wenger: We will offer 40mil Liverpool: No that’s rejected sorry about that arsene Wenger: We will add a substantial amount onto that...£1 Liverpool: 40,000,001 hmmm quite a good offer... Wenger: well thank you I do think of my self as a great businessman Liverpool: No I was being sarcastic piss offffff!!!!
Hassanzafar
40
Everybudy dont make fun of their past transfer bujet Because they have increased 1 Dollar 😂😂😂😂
rami_mohsen
39
i make it usually on FIFA career mode i offer the bid + 1€ 😂
YaSeer TheKnight Qua
36
and then it turned into a Meme 🤣🤣🤣