Nothing was made secretive about Arsenal's pursuit of Suarez over the summer, with a bid of £40,000,001 made with the Gunners believing that a bid over £40million would trigger a release clause in the striker's contract. They were spectacularly ill-informed however, and the bid was rejected outright. A second bid did arrive but it was clear to Gunners boss Arsene Wenger that the club were not going to sell unless they received an extraordinary amount of money. This amount of money will realistically only come from one club, Real Madrid, and even then it probably won't be over £50million, but that's not exactly a price to be sneezed at. The Madrid giants are favourites to sign him following Liverpool's reluctance to sell to another English club, and his price could rise even further with a good showing at the World Cup in Brazil next summer. Rumours have been gathering pace that the Reds will offer him to Madrid in a desperate bid to stop him moving to an English club. The club might well decide to cash in on him then, even if they are reluctant to sell in January.