London: The details of Luiz Suarez's transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona have emerged - with leaked documents revealing the final fee to be £64.98 million.
The website Football Leaks - which has publicised the details of several high-profile contracts in recent months - have published the contract signed by Suarez when he moved to Barca in 2014.
The document also says the fee will include any applicable value added tax (VAT), the amount of which is not declared. VAT would not go into Liverpool FC coffers but would be paid to the government as part of the club's annual tax bill.
Suarez moved to the Nou Camp shortly after the World Cup, following a brilliant individual season that almost brought the title to Anfield.
It states that Barcelona would eventually pay £64.98 million to sign the striker from Anfield, with the fee payable in five equal instalments.
Four of these have already been made, with the last - worth almost £13 million - due to be paid on July 31.
There is no record of any additional clause or sell-on fee in the deal, which is relatively unusual for a transfer of that size, although that may be linked to the fact that Suarez was banned from competitive football at the time of the transfer.
The Uruguayan was being punished for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup in Brazil.
Suarez's fee confirms him as the fourth most expensive player in history, behind his Barcelona teammate Neymar and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
The striker's move to Barcelona was voted the best deal made in La Liga in the 2014-15 season in a poll by Marca readers last May.
Suarez has struck up a formidable alliance with Neymar and Lionel Messi, scoring 68 goals in 86 appearances in all competitions. He won the treble of Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey last season and is well placed to repeat the feat this year.
Barca are through to the Champions League quarter-finals, where they will face Atletico Madrid, and they are 10 points clear of the same opponents at the top of La Liga going into this weekend's Clascio.
Suarez had a relatively slow start to life at Barcelona, he was only able to make his debut three months into the season in October.
But has now formed a devastating partnership with Messi and Neymar that saw the Catalan club win the treble last season. Barca are in contention for another treble this term.
Liverpool, on the other hand, fell to sixth in the Premier League in 2014-15 after the sale of Suarez, while Brendan Rodgers was sacked in October following a poor start to this season.
Despite the appointment of Jurgen Klopp, the Reds still find themselves only ninth in the Premier League.
