Barcelona will begin negotiations with Liverpool on Wednesday over a deal for Reds striker Luis Suarez.<\/p>\n
Officials from both clubs will meet in London to discuss a deal for the 27-year-old Uruguay international.<\/p>\n
Suarez, who has four years remaining on his Liverpool contract, is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy’s Georgio Chiellini during the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are likely to accept an offer of \u00a380m for Suarez, who joined for \u00a322.7m from Ajax in 2011.<\/p>\n
However, Barcelona are understood to want to pay closer to \u00a360m.<\/p>\n
Any deal may depend on whether Barcelona can include Chile and Barcelona winger Alexis Sanchez in part-exchange for Suarez.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are pragmatic about Suarez’s ambitions and are aware that he would welcome a move to Spain and particularly to Barcelona.<\/p>\n
It is not yet clear whether Sanchez would be willing to move in part-exchange, although the Spanish club would be willing to include him in a deal.<\/p>\n
Suarez apologised on Monday for biting Chiellini, after which Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said: “Suarez has shown he is humble enough to admit an error, which is very important.<\/p>\n
“Everyone knows Luis is an excellent player, everyone knows last season he played in various positions in attack, but everyone also knows he is a Liverpool player.”<\/p>\n
Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who completed his move to Barcelona from Sevilla on Tuesday, also praised Suarez.<\/p>\n
He said: “The fact he has had the character and the strength to go in front of everyone and say sorry says a lot about him as a person.<\/p>\n
“Not every person has that strength to admit they have done something stupid.<\/p>\n
“Regardless of whether the club signs him or not, his quality is unquestionable.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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