Please Release Me! Suarez Contract Dispute Set For Arbitration Hearing As Striker Forces Arsenal Move
With the summer transfer
window now open, there is plenty of gossip doing the rounds in the
newspapers so we’ll keep you up-to-date with the latest transfer
rumours. Today, the Premier League could be forced to settle Luis
Suarez’s contract dispute with Liverpool.
The Premier League are ready to
settle Luis Suarez’s contract dispute with Liverpool as the striker
continues to try and force a move to Arsenal, according to the Telegraph.
The report claims the Uruguayan is at
loggerheads with Liverpool over a clause in his contract that was agreed
when he signed a new deal last summer. The clause was triggered by
Arsenal earlier this week when they tabled an offer worth £40,000,001
for the 26-year-old but the club and player remain at odds over the
clauses interpretation.
The Telegraph suggest the
Merseysiders have rejected Arsenal’s offer but have given Suarez
permission to hold talks with the Gunners over a potential move to the
Emirates, insisting that the clause requires they do nothing more than
this. However, Suarez and his agent, Pere Guardiola, believe that
Arsenal have triggered a formal release clause that means Liverpool have
to sell.
It was reported on Wednesday
that Suarez’s camp claim the agreement was that Liverpool would sell
the striker for any offer over £40m if they failed to qualify for the Champions League last season, and Arsenal’s very specific offer of £40,000,001 was submitted on that very understanding.
If Liverpool refuse to back down, the Telegraph
claim Suarez will take the matter up with the Premier League who will
use rule T.30 – which allows them to arbitrate in disputes between
players and clubs. It would not be the first time the striker has used
such tactics as he did a similar thing when trying to force a move from
Groningen to Ajax in 2007.
There have also been cases in England
where this ruling has been used, most notably when Gabriel Heinze tried
to force a move from Manchester United
to Liverpool in 2007. On that occasion, the Premier League ruled in
favour of United despite the defender having a written agreement that he
was allowed to pursue a transfer to another club.
So unless either party relents, it looks
like the Luis Suarez transfer saga is going to get messy and could be
dragged through the courts. All parties are sure to want the situation
resolved as quickly as possible and things should accelerate once clubs
return from their pre-season tours early next week.
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