One of the most infamous ‘what could have been’ transfer stories in Premier League history as Arsene Wenger tried to prize Luis Suarez away from Liverpool in 2013.
Suarez had a clause in his contract stating that he must be made aware of any bid made for him over £40m. With this in mind, Arsenal submitted an offer of £40,000,001 for the Uruguayan, and this £1 extra over the transfer clause seemed to anger both club and player.
The bid was rejected, as you could expect, and the striker would swap Anfield for Barcelona a year later anyway for a much more sensible and appropriate £75m.