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‘Suarez cannot leave for less than £40m’

Sport
Liverpool will not consider any bids below £40 million for want-away Luis Suarez.

LONDON — Liverpool will not consider any bids below £40 million for want-away Luis Suarez.

Sun

SunSport revealed on Wednesday that Spanish football giants Real Madrid have emerged as favourites to KO Arsenal’s interest in the controversial Kop star.

The Gunners, who failed with a £30m bid, cannot be ruled out and may return with a £35m offer.

But they will get the same response — with the Reds not willing to a deal at that price.

Arsene Wenger has made Suarez his top target with a move for Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain now stalling.

But a clause in the Anfield hitman’s deal means the Reds will not consider bids below £40m.

And with Suarez tied up until 2016, they are under no pressure to sell the 26-year-old despite his wishes.

Suarez must sit out the first six games of the new season as he completes his ban for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic and is not due back in training until late next week.

Fellow Uruguayan star Sebastian Coates could be moving on from Liverpool. Fulham are keen on the defender, 22, and he wants games in a World Cup year.