Luis Suarez completes £75m transfer to FC Barcelona

Luis Suarez has left Liverpool and completed a £75million move to Barcelona.

Liverpool have finalised the terms of a club-record fee with Barcelona for the sale of striker Luis Suarez.

Official talks began over a week ago and were productive from the start with the Catalan side agreeing to meet the Uruguay forward's buy-out clause, believed to be £75m.

Subsequent negotiations continued over the method of payment as Liverpool were interested in taking forward Alexis Sanchez as a makeweight in the deal but with the Chile star having signed for Arsenal on Thursday July 10,2014  it became a straight cash transaction.

The finer details of how exactly that is to be paid have now been hammered out and Suarez, currently serving a four-month ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, is likely to be confirmed as a Barcelona player next week.

Luis Suarez said it had always been a dream and ambition of his to play in Spain and he asked fans to understand his decision.

'It is with a heavy heart that I leave Liverpool for a new life and new challenges in Spain. Both me and my family have fallen in love with this club and with the city.

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