The Arsenal manager oversaw two bids for Suárez last summer, the second of £40,000,001, which was an attempt to trigger what Arsenal were led to believe was a release clause in the striker’s contract … Wenger subsequently admitted that the bid did look provocative and was “not the most subtle thing we have done.”

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