Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has finally spoken about Luis Suarez transfer that did not happen in 2013.
The Gunners boss was eager to lure the Uruguay international away from Anfield and put in a bid of £40 million-plus-one-pound for the player.
Liverpool refused to sell Suarez, although he eventually left for Barcelona a year later for £75m.
“It was very close, we had an agreement with the player,” Wenger told beIN SPORTS. “We had been wrongly advised that he had a clause, you know, with a minimum [price]. But we had an agreement with the player. You can ask him.
“I’m convinced that he wanted to join us. And then they kept him for one more year, they improved his contract and promised to sell him a year later to a club abroad.”
Wenger also admits that the player, has cleaned up some of the nasty habits he had that tainted his talent.
“He had some behaviours that were shocking, but you don’t see them anymore since two or three years,” Wenger said.
“He got rid of all the things that were a handicap for him. And today you don’t see that anymore.
“He is still on the borderline with what a striker does well, like go down in the penalty box. But you want that from an intelligent striker, to provoke. But I think he got rid of all the rest.”
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