Liverpool Transfer News: Roberto Soldado Is Luis Suarez Replacement?

by Joseph Dempsey

ESPN. The Spain international is also a target for the Red's domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who have seen their opening offer for the 28-year-old rejected, with the La Liga club holding out for the player's full release clause of ‚30 million (£26 million). But Spurs are reluctant to meet that asking price, meaning Liverpool, who are virtually resigned to the fact that they will lose Suarez, could swoop. The Reds are trying to line up a replacement for the Uruguayan as quickly as possible and see Soldado - whose 24 La Liga goals made him the fifth-highest scorer in Spain last season - as the ideal candidate. Suarez, who has been the subject of two failed bids by Arsenal recently, wants his future resolved within the next few days and allegedly held heated talks with manager Brendan Rodgers following the rejection of a £40 million offer from the Gunners. Rodgers is determined that the striker will not be allowed to leave for anything less than £50 million, and insists he's worth just as much as Edinson Cavani, who has just joined PSG for £55 million. Suarez wants to move to a Champions League club and has been given permission to hold talks with Arsenal.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.