PFA to step in to Suarez and Liverpool row over £40m 'buy-out' clause

The PFA are looking to find a resolution to Luis Suarez's bid to leave Liverpool.
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the PFA, revealed the players' union are trying to get to the bottom of the supposed £40million buy-out clause in the controversial hitman's contract.
The clause led Arsenal to bid £40million plus £1 for Suarez, believing this would allow him to leave, but Liverpool still insist he is not for sale.

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Chief executive: Gordon Taylor says the PFA will try and resolve the situation between Suarez and Liverpool

'It is a delicate situation and we are trying to help. These buy-out clauses have caused no end of problems in the past and they continue to do so because of the way they were drafted at the time,' Taylor told talkSPORT. 'He [Suarez] believes the £40m amount that is mentioned, if that is offered that gives him the right to go.
'Liverpool, from their side, are saying that is a minimum figure from which they will consider negotiation and of course they will want to keep the player, unless they replace the player with someone as good or better, which is not going to be easy in a short period of time.

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'There are different ways it can be interpreted. If it goes to the Premier League it will take time and the window is then closed.
'We have been asked to try and help to sort the situation out and we have been trying to do that.'
Suarez broke his silence over the ongoing row by demanding he be allowed to leave the Anfield club.
'I gave absolutely everything last season but it was not enough to give us a top-four finish - now all I want is for Liverpool to honour our agreement,' said Suarez.

'I have the club's word and we have the written contract and we are happy to take this to the Premier League for them to decide the case but I do not want it to come to that.

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'I'm 26. I need to be playing in the Champions League. I waited one year and no one can say that I did not give everything possible with my team-mates last season to get us there.
'I don't feel betrayed (by Liverpool) but the club promised me something a year ago just as I promised them that I would stay and try everything possible to get us into the Champions League.
'They gave me their word a year ago and now I want them to honour that. And it is not just something verbal with the coach but something that is written in the contract. I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool.'

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