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Luis Suarez's Liverpool release clause is a staggering £100million - or £130million for a Premier League club

EPL: Spanish giants Real Madrid - the only likely movers for Suarez in the next few years - would have to top the sum they paid for Gareth Bale  Luis Suarez has two staggering price tag clauses in his new £10million-a-year Liverpool contract. Super striker Suarez will cost a world record £100m if a foreign club comes in for him. And the fee is an even bigger £130m if a Premier League rival tries to tempt him from the Kop.

Those two numbers should price Suarez out of a move from Anfield or even stop a repeat of the transfer talk last summer. Top scorer Suarez had a £40m price tag in his previous deal although that did not prove any use when Arsenal came calling - and offered £1 more. Suarez and his advisers wanted a ‘sale’ fee inserted in his new bumper five-year contract but the numbers are so high that they virtually take him off the market.

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