Arsenal’s majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has revealed today that he knew the club were never going to be able to land Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, despite making two formal bids for him.
The Uruguayan was very open about wanting to leave Anfield in the summer, but his move away was denied by the club, which meant the 26-year-old had to stay-put.
The closest anyone came to signing Suarez was in fact Arsenal, who made two formal bids for the striker, but both were soon rejected.
After the transfer saga, Kroenke met with Liverpool owner John W Henry, and the Arsenal shareholder has revealed that The Reds were never going to sell no matter how much they offered.
“Look, Arsene Wenger had a view, our team had a view, they had a view and their view was ‘he wasn’t going anywhere’,” Kroenke told the Daily Telegraph.
“I never saw them waver from it. I guess at some level there is a number that gets anybody out of anywhere but there was nothing within the realm of what we knew about that could have got him out of there.
“There were people saying if he left there was nothing left. If people believe that, if those players believed that and John thought they believed that, then that is a real problem.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt
