Striker: Luis Suarez
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Ah, the cheeky £40,000,001 bid that sent the media into a tizzy and had the folks at Anfield up in arms. When Arsenal were told about the £40m release clause in Luis Suarez’s contract, Wenger jumped at the chance but the nature of the bid soon became public, even forcing club owner John W Henry to tweet this:.
However, Wenger was quick to clarify his stance.
“There again, the details will maybe come out one day. Maybe not in my book, but somebody else’s book!
“I know only one side of the story, but we always had fair relations with Liverpool, we kept in touch over that period. It was not meant to be provocative at all. It could be interpreted like that, but it was not our purpose.
“Did he want to join us? I do not want to dwell any more on that situation - it was one of the transfers that did not work.”
Wenger never got the striker who could have helped him win the league. But in hindsight, it seems like it was better to let him go as the Uruguayan was angling for a move to Spain so he could settle there with his family. Barcelona soon came calling and the rest is history.
It’s safe to say that Wenger wouldn’t have been able to have all these players in the same team with the kind of wages the Arsenal players received in the last decade.
