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VIDEO: John Henry confirms that Luis Suarez had a £40million buy-out clause in his contract

The Liverpool owner also said that “contracts don’t seem to mean a lot in football”.

Updated at 20.38

LIVERPOOL OWNER JOHN Henry has confirmed that Luis Suarez had a buy-out clause in his contract.

In a recent interview, the American businessman said that after Arsenal triggered a buy-out clause with their £40million and one pound offer in the summer, the Anfield club took the position that the club “weren’t going to sell”.

He expressed relief that the decision ultimately worked out well for both parties, adding that contracts “don’t seem to mean a lot in world football”.

Check out the full interview below.

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    Mute twoggy
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    Mar 5th 2014, 7:55 PM

    In other news Roy Keane won’t be taking part in the World Cup after having a falling out with Mick McCarthy in Saipan! Stayed tuned to the Journal for further developments.

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    Mute Graham Kavanagh
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    Mar 5th 2014, 10:03 PM

    No way!

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    Mar 6th 2014, 3:34 AM

    Exactly! Think it was 3 days ago this was news!

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    Mar 5th 2014, 10:49 PM

    Same thing happened to Liverpool with the Ukrainian in January. Met the release clause but the owner refused to sell.
    As Henry said, contracts don’t mean anything, if a club doesn’t want to sell, nothing much the player can do.

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    Mar 5th 2014, 9:18 PM

    Maybe i’m wrong on this, but couldn’t Suarez now sue for danages for breach of contract or to have his contract cancelled

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    Mar 5th 2014, 9:58 PM

    Why would he want to ?

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    Mar 5th 2014, 10:04 PM

    He would fail on a technicality…. Nobody knows what danage means.

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    Mar 6th 2014, 12:04 AM

    How did arsenal know the clause was 40million?sounds like an agent colluded with them

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    Mar 5th 2014, 10:32 PM

    If Liverpool wouldn’t sell was this clause null and void then? Did arsenal actually talk to Suarez or were they rebuff by Liverpool?

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