Suarez to consider legal action

Luis Suarez will consider submitting a
formal transfer request and the possibility
of court action if his Liverpool dispute is
not resolved, say sources close to the
player.
The 26-year-old believes Arsenal's bid of just
over £40m triggered a clause in his contract
that allows him to leave.
Liverpool rejected the offer and insist the
clause does not force them to sell.
"We want to [sign Suarez] if it is feasible in an
amicable way," said Gunners manager Arsene
Wenger.
"We will respect what Liverpool want to do. I
don't want to speak about Suarez, because that
is between Liverpool and Arsenal.
"I am a great believer you have to keep as
much confidentiality as possible, which is
quite difficult in the modern world.
"But we work very hard, not only on the case
you name, but on other different cases. We
can still strengthen the squad, there is one
month to go. We are at the beginning of
August and working very hard to strengthen
our squad.
"I am confident. You look at many teams
around us. Nothing has happened until now. At
the moment the market hasn't moved a lot.
Apart from Manchester City, nobody has done
anything."
Arsenal made their club-record offer of £40m
plus £1 for Suarez in the belief that it would
enable them to secure the Uruguay
international's services.
Liverpool continue to insist that Suarez is not
for sale.
It is understood that when Suarez signed a
new contract in August 2012, he requested a
clause that allowed him to depart if Liverpool
failed to qualify for the Champions League and
received a bid in excess of £40m.
Liverpool refused this but suggested an
arrangement that obliged them to act in good
faith if those conditions were met, which
Suarez argues he only accepted because he felt
there was verbal agreement from all parties
that - despite the new wording - it would work
in the same way as a release clause.
While Liverpool are confident that from a legal
perspective their position stands up to
scrutiny - and Suarez reluctantly agrees - the
player is adamant the Reds have gone back on
their word and feels let down.
He has informed Liverpool manager Brendan
Rodgers of his desire to leave for Champions
League football and the only proposal on the
table is from Arsenal, with reported interest
from Real Madrid failing to materialise.
Whereas Liverpool have not played in the
Champions League since 2009 and missed out
on European qualification altogether for next
season, Arsenal will feature in the competition
for a 17th consecutive campaign.
Sources close to Suarez say he will consider
taking his case to the Court of Arbitration for
Sport and he did go down a similar route
when Dutch side Groningen turned down an
offer from Ajax for his services in 2007.
He scored 30 goals in 44 appearances for
Liverpool last season but speculation has
grown about his future since he was given a
10-match ban in April for biting Chelsea
defender Branislav Ivanovic.
Suarez, who joined Liverpool from Ajax for
£22.7m in January 2011, still has to serve six
games of that ban and was also suspended in
2011 after being found guilty of racially
abusing Manchester United defender Patrice
Evra.
The Uruguayan made his first appearance since
the Ivanovic incident last week in Liverpool's
2-0 friendly win over Melbourne Victory.