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title: "Aston Villa: ‘Crazy’ wage demands would halt Luis Suarez move, says Agbonlahor"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-gabby-agbonlahor-makes-luis-suarez-transfer-claim/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-06-02T11:40:52Z"
modified: "2022-06-02T11:40:52Z"
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# Aston Villa: ‘Crazy’ wage demands would halt Luis Suarez move, says Agbonlahor

**Former [Aston Villa](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/) forward Gabby Agbonlahor has made a transfer claim on the club’s interest in Luis Suarez.**

### The Lowdown: Suarez links

Steven Gerrard has been extremely busy ahead of his first season in charge, completing deals for [Philippe Coutinho](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/12/villa-announce-philippe-coutinho-signing/), [Boubacar Kamara](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/23/villa-announce-boubacar-kamara-signing/) and [Diego Carlos](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/june/01/diego-carlos-announcement/).

However, he doesn’t plan to stop there, with recent reports from [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/05/27/aston-villa-target-luis-suarez-steven-gerrard-revolution-gathers/) stating that Villa are exploring a move for Suarez after the 35-year-old was released by Atletico Madrid.

Villa correspondent [Gregg Evans](https://twitter.com/greggevans40/status/1531955943872798720) revealed on Wednesday that the club are still ‘weighing up a move’ for Suarez.

### The Latest: Agbonlahor’s comments

Agbonlahor, who contributes for [Sky Sports](https://icdb.tv/stats/6750/Gabby-Agbonlahor), was talking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/crazy-luis-suarez-aston-villa-claim-issued-as-contact-made-agbonlahor/) after hearing about Villa’s interest in a move for Suarez.

He feels that a move could materialise for the Uruguayan to provide some competition to Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings, providing Suarez doesn’t ask for a ‘crazy’ wage.

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> “It depends on wages.
>
> “I don’t see Villa paying Coutinho wages on Suarez, I don’t think they would do that. If the wages aren’t crazy then I don’t see why not.
>
> “Adding an experienced striker like Suarez for a season, why not? Gerrard knows him well, he’ll get the best out of him.
>
> “Villa need a bit of help up front. Watkins is a top player and Ings is a top player but you need a couple more strikers in there for some competition up there.”

### The Verdict: Possible?

With no transfer fee involved, there is no reason why Villa and Gerrard can’t get a deal over the line for Suarez.

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However, like Coutinho agreed to, you’d expect that Suarez would have to lower his previous [£263,000-a-week](https://salarysport.com/football/player/luis-su%C3%A1rez/) wage for there to be any chance of a Premier League return.

Coutinho took a [70%](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/05/12/philippe-coutinho-takes-70-per-cent-pay-cut-permanent-move-aston/) pay cut but is still on £125,000-a-week in the Midlands, something Villa may well be open to offering Suarez, who has scored [69 goals in 110](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/luis-suarez/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/44352) Premier League games.

***In other news: [Sky Sports: Villa and Gerrard already now prioritising a fourth target; NSWE are closing in.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-sky-sports-calvin-bassey-transfer-update/)***