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"Barcelona reached agreement with Liverpool on the transfer of Luis Suarez on Friday, giving the troubled striker a chance to rehabilitate his image when his latest biting ban is over.\nSuarez will travel to Barcelona next week for a medical and to sign a five-year contract.\n\"It is with a heavy heart that I leave Liverpool for a new life and new challenges in Spain,\" Suarez said in a statement released by Liverpool.\nSee also: World Cup Fans Go Rabid for Luis Suarez Bite Memes\n\"Me and my family have fallen in love with this club and with the city. We will always be Liverpool supporters. This club did all they could to get me to stay, but playing and living in Spain, where my wife's family live, is a lifelong dream and ambition. I believe now the timing is right.\"\nThe Uruguay international is prevented from any involvement in football until the end of October after being handed a four-month suspension by FIFA for biting an Italian opponent at the World Cup in Brazil. His lost his appeal to FIFA on Thursday.\nBut Barcelona had no qualms in bolstering its strike force with the footballing pariah, in the hope he can help the team regain the Spanish title.\nThe 27-year-old Suarez can't train with his new Barcelona teammates under the terms of his ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay's group stage match against Italy.\n\nThe World Cup moment of madness came at the end of a season that began with Suarez also being banned for biting, on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during an April 2013 English Premier League match. Barcelona will be hoping Suarez brings his goal-scoring form to the Camp Nou \u2014 he netted 31 in the Premier League last season \u2014 rather than the hot-headed temperament.\nWhen Suarez is eventually eligible to play again, Barcelona will be able to deploy a formidable front line including Lionel Messi and Neymar, as the club rebuilds under new coach Luis Enrique after its first season without a major trophy in six years.\nSee also: World Cup Tourists Take Selfies With Toothy Suarez Ad\nSuarez's transfer marks the second successive year that the man voted English football's top player by his fellow professionals and journalists moved to Spain. Gareth Bale made an immediate impact after joining Real Madrid from Tottenham, making up for La Liga disappointment by winning the Champions League.\nSuarez's transfer was a far smoother, less drawn-out saga compared with Bale's move, and his own tactics last summer when Liverpool prevented its star from leaving Anfield.\n\"We would like to thank Luis for his contribution and the role he played in helping bring Champions League football back to Anfield,\" Liverpool said in a statement on its website.\nWith Suarez already being banned for both racism and biting on Merseyside, Liverpool now avoids the need to take any disciplinary action against the player and can reinvest the transfer fee in the squad. Just how reliant Liverpool was on Suarez will become quickly apparent. It was only with Suarez's goals that Liverpool mounted an unexpected but ultimately unsuccessful challenge for the Premier League title last season.\n\n\nLuis Suarez Biting World Cup \n\n\n\n\n\nLuis Su\u00E1rez's new kit.. pic.twitter.com/qwUypFxTlr\u2014 Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#Suarez being subbed off at the end of the game pic.twitter.com/igiu7uuXnq\u2014 Richard cracknell (@crackersTHFC) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are what you eat, which is why Suarez is all the world's footballers. #ITAURU\u2014 Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Looks like Luis Suarez got hungry again, he fancied some Italian meatballs\"\n\nCheers Geoff pic.twitter.com/E1oD8R6hcf\u2014 Cheers Geoff (@Cheers_geoff) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Walking Suarez pic.twitter.com/pWZX2Ls5hi\u2014 Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe hardest job in football? Being Luis Suarez's dentist, surely?!\u2014 ZOO Magazine (@ZOO) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuarez next season #suarez #biting pic.twitter.com/YF6CwOe8OC\u2014 Martyn Jones (@JonesMartyn) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, at least Suarez is sticking to his #paleo diet.\u2014 Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow does Luis Suarez not burst into flames in the sunlight? #WorldCup2014\u2014 Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuarez will claim he was whispering sweet nothings into Giorgio Chiellini\u2019s ear. #ITAvURU pic.twitter.com/aFY2gJaqCU\u2014 Soccer Gods (@soccergods) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSuarez's audition tape for a role in the new Blade film. https://t.co/2zapUGT6h5\u2014 Tom (@FourFourTom) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreaking news: Snickers to endorse Suarez. Hungry? Why wait? #Suarez #WorldCup\u2014 Brian Koerber (@bkurbs) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComing soon.... pic.twitter.com/MraxdArhJq\u2014 Jon Snow (@JonSnowBastrd) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShorter Suarez: \"I'm having an old friend for dinner\" pic.twitter.com/lNUPMPcwCk\u2014 Slade Sohmer (@SladeHV) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"I'd like an Italian sub.\" - Confused Suarez at Subway #worldcup\u2014 Annie Colbert (@anniecolbert) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn all seriousness someone needs to look at Luis Suarez' nutrition plan. He is obviously not getting enough lean protein.\u2014 Beast Mode Soccer\u2122 (@BeastModeSoccer) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuis Suarez almost ready to be brought in for the post game interview. pic.twitter.com/U2hoFvAY9r\u2014 Pierre The Pelican (@PelicanPierre) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo be fair to Suarez, Chiellini does sound like a particularly nice pasta dish.\u2014 Lee Barratt (@LeeGallows) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf FIFA doesn't suspend Suarez, make him wear the Cone of Shame: http://t.co/91uZ9hUx4E\u2014 Josh Carpenter (@JoshACarpenter) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAqu\u00ED est\u00E1 la mordida de Su\u00E1rez a @chiellini . Son cinco dientes marcados en el hombro del italiano pic.twitter.com/rcaVcIMqwf\u2014 Nicol\u00E1s Olea (@nicoolea) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n!!!!!!!! RT @DJGalloEtc: How Suarez sees every opponent's jersey: pic.twitter.com/RsLSEOw5Kk\u2014 chris toronyi (@christoronyi) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCONGRATULATIONS: Luis Suarez retains the award for the second successive year. pic.twitter.com/3taJZAsSMU\u2014 BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd Suarez claims yet another hat-trick! pic.twitter.com/tEvDHHiM9N\u2014 101 Great Goals (@102greatgoals) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMight need to call in the Dog(e) Whisperer to fix Suarez pic.twitter.com/NV2kmohYiE\u2014 Jun (@JohnKelly703) June 25, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo be fair to Luis Suarez, I can\u2019t resist an Italian sub either.\u2014 Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) June 24, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#Suarez \"Anyone got a toothpick? I got Chiellini stuck in my teeth\" pic.twitter.com/uq3c165E2p\u2014 telegraph_sport (@telegraph_sport) June 25, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA little #Suarez humor for ya....well played - #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/7OXf0x3Zao\u2014 Anthony DiMoro (@AnthonyDiMoro) June 25, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Imgur, digz94\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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