Roberto Firmino’s Contract Clause with Liverpool

The Liverpool trifecta finishes with the Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino in a transfer once again put in motion by Atletico Madrid striker Suarez. Reds owner John W Henry was incensed by Arsenal’s infamous £40million + £1 bid to poach the now-34-year-old from Anfield in 2013. And the billionaire American was clearly still smarting at the attempt two years later when Liverpool agreed a deal to sign Firmino from Hoffenheim. The 30-year-old’s contract with the Merseysiders carried a €98million (£82.5m) release clause ‘if the interested club is not Arsenal’.