Luis Suarez has completed his transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona, joining the Spanish giants on a £75 million deal a year after he led the Premier League in scoring and just weeks after his biting ban came from an incident during the World Cup and now he is teammates with Lionel Messi.
According to the BBC, the move is for £75 million and moves one of the best players in the world to one of the best clubs in the world. Suarez now joins Neymar and Messi on the team and they will be matching up with Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga and that gives the league some of the best players in the world.
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According to the Guardian and Pro Soccer Talk, Liverpool is looking to retool along with Arsenal this summer and that is why Sanchez is getting a deal and why Suarez is on the move. The report says that Liverpool is gearing up to complete their deal and that things will move along once Suarez is moved from Liverpool to Barca, which would set the stage for Sanchez and his move to the Gunners.
According to Sky Sports and ESPNFC.com, Suarez is being talked about by Liverpool and Barcelona, who has long had an interest in the striker from Uruguay. The transfer deal likely would include Sanchez along with 70 to 80 million for Suarez's release clause and that would send the star to Spain, where he would play alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar. Barcelona would be stacked if they can get the deal done and it comes after a similar move saw Gareth bale head to Real Madrid from the EPL last year for a record fee.
The 27 year old was the center of attention for a while at the World Cup, as he was accused and later banned and fined for biting an Italian player in their World Cup matchup. Suarez later apologized and some came out to say that the ban was excessive, although that is also was warranted, as it was the third incident for biting from Suarez.
This past season Suarez opened serving a ban stemming from a biting incident from the season before, but he quickly earned back goodwill with his play. Suarez helped Liverpool stay near the top of the Premier League table all season and he led the EPL in scoring by a wide margin, winning FA player of the year and multiple other awards. That goodwill could be gone for a long time now that Suarez has been nabbed for biting again, but clearly his skills are still wanted and now Barca could pull off the major move for the player.
Suarez has no apologized and that could help Barca move along with the deal, while Liverpool would be happy to get Sanchez back if that was part of the transfer. Barcelona is known to make big moves and this could be the biggest of the summer after rumors came out last year that Suarez wanted to move to Real Madrid from Liverpool. Suarez was banned for nine matches in international play as well as the beginning of the Premier League and Champions League seasons, but making this move could make him forget all that for a little while at least. Barcelona reportedly wanted Suarez to apologize before a move could be made and that may have sparked him to release a statement.
