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Transfer news: Man City poised for Suarez move

Malta Independent Sunday, 23 June 2013, 09:59 Last update: about 13 years ago

Manchester City could launch a surprise £35million bid for Liverpool's want-away striker Luis Suarez, the Express reports.uis Suarez could be headed for Manchester City

Not prepared to meet the £53m escape clause for Napoli's Edison Cavani, new Etihad boss Manuel Pellegrini is looking to switch his attention to his Uruguayan teammate.
And Liverpool, now reluctantly resigned to losing the former Ajax star, would welcome a bidding war as they look for a big profit on their £23m outlay for the striker.
Suarez is keen to join Real Madrid, who have made noises about signing the 26-year-old over the past month.
The player has used his time in the Confederations Cup in Brazil to press home the view that he is being driven out of England through media criticism.
But Liverpool, who have supported him through a number of controversies, feel let down and an auction would give them the final decision on where Suarez goes. That has alerted ambitious City, although a bigger challenge for them is to persuade Suarez to remain in England.
Bayern Munich are also interested, which Liverpool hope will drive the price up further, the Express said.

The Mirror reports that Liverpool have warned Real ­Madrid that they should put up or shut up over Luis Suarez.

The Merseyside club is yet to receive an approach from Madrid and fear that the Spaniards will wait until the ­transfer ­window is about to close before launching a bid to get the player on the cheap.

With Suarez set to miss the first six games of the season after being ­suspended for 10 games for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic – a ban that would still be enforced if he left the Premier League – ­Madrid are in no rush.

By making a move at the end of August, they could save on wages, which would need to be in excess of the £120,000-a-week he earns at Anfield.

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