Where would arsenal be right now with L Suarez in their ranks? In the cl? The treble on? Top of the prem? Of course we will never now will we, but if it is true that arsenal had £80M plus or whatever when the bid £40+1 then what a huge huge error that was.
Its actually quite indicative of wenger, trying to be clever and studious when he doesn't need to be, suarez was no gamble was he; it want a punt on an unknown, it was a dead cert and wenger could quite possibly be culpable for arsenals perceived demise this season. Just one sensible offer and who knows, arsenal could have been on the cusp of a treble.....instead, its liverpool tearing the prem up. Ifs and buts and what could have beens, on behalf of all liverpool fans I thank you mr wenger for being to damn prudent; where would we be without you!
The biggest "error" in prem history?
posted on 22/3/14
Paid over it for ozil.....took the pi$$ over Suarez....
posted on 22/3/14
Arsenal called our bluff and boy, did they get burned.
posted on 23/3/14
Arsenal didn't commit an error in bidding the amount they bid. Their error was inexplicably not pressing their claim.
A buy out clause is a buy out clause. Liverpool stood their ground and Arsenal decided not to fight a battle that legally they were certain to win.
posted on 23/3/14
Why have a buy out clause if it has no affect on the player's contractual situation? Surely, if you have it in writing that a player can leave for a set amount, and that amount is offered, then he should be free to move.
I have no idea how Liverpool managed to get away so freelt with overriding a contract they signed, and had the nerve to insult Arsenal for meeting those legal rewuirements.
But I hope it's a watershed. Buy out clauses aren't worth the paper they are written on.
posted on 23/3/14
we did with Suarez what United did with Heinze years back.
and Suarez' agent wrote/provided a poor contract. He's an idiot.
posted on 23/3/14
Poor contract? No. Did your owner not recently come out and say Arsenal met your buy out clause and you just said "no." Pretty sure he did. So basically renderinf a legal term of a contract meaningless.
You're completely right with the Heinze sutuation btw. It was in writing that he could move to anybody for a set price, Liverpool met the price and then United realised that they'd messed up. It wound up going through court and somehow we got away with it apparently being implied that Liverpool were not included in the agreement. Must have been a great lawyer!!!
posted on 23/3/14
The pfa / league bureaucrats looked at Suarez' contract and said it was rubbish and vague and not really binding
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfer-news-pfa-chief-2137102
I think Henry was on the wind up.
posted on 23/3/14
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posted on 23/3/14
comment by merrysupersteve (U1132)
posted 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
Arsenal didn't commit an error in bidding the amount they bid. Their error was inexplicably not pressing their claim.
A buy out clause is a buy out clause. Liverpool stood their ground and Arsenal decided not to fight a battle that legally they were certain to win.
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I don't think they would have been certain to win - the PFA had their lawyers poring over the contract and they said there was no enforceable clause
posted on 23/3/14
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