( CNN ) -- Luis Suarez is set to join Spanish giants Barcelona after Liverpool and the La Liga club announced they had agreed terms for a sale . And later Friday , Suarez 's lawyer said he would be appealing the four-month ban from any football activities Suarez received for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup to the Court of Arbitration for Sport . Barcelona confirmed that Suarez will be traveling to the Nou Camp next week to undergo a medical before signing a five-year contract . Despite a reported transfer fee in the region of Â£75 million ( $ 128.5 million ) , Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said it was with `` great reluctance '' that the 27-year-old is being sold . `` The club have done all they can over a sustained period of time to try to keep Luis at Liverpool , '' Rodgers said in a statement posted on Liverpool 's official website . `` It is with great reluctance and following lengthy discussions we have eventually agreed to his wishes to move to Spain for new experiences and challenges . We wish him and his young family well ; we will always consider them to be friends . '' Suarez joined Liverpool in January 2011 from Dutch club Ajax for Â£22.8 million ( $ 39 million ) , scoring 82 goals in 133 appearances . He played a pivotal role in the Reds ' title challenge last year , netting 31 times in 37 appearances . Liverpool came up just short in the end finishing second to Manchester City but ensured Champions League football for the first time in four seasons . Suarez 's time on Merseyside was also marked by two highly controversial incidents , resulting in lengthy bans . He was found guilty by the English Football Association ( FA ) of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra at a match in October 2011 and given an eight-game suspension . And at the end of the 2012/13 season Suarez bit Chelsea 's Branislav Ivanovic on the arm , resulting in another ban of 10 matches for violent conduct . It was the second time that Suarez bit an opponent . While playing for Ajax in 2010 Suarez was suspended for seven games after biting PSV Eindhoven 's Otman Bakkal on the shoulder . Then came the incident involving Chiellini in Brazil . Despite his disciplinary difficulties , Rodgers praised Suarez for his contribution while at Anfield . `` Luis is a very special talent and I thank him for the role he has played in the team in the past two years , during my time at Liverpool , '' Rodgers said . `` I think he would be the first to accept he has improved as a player over that period , along with the team and has benefited from being here , as we have benefited from him . '' Appeal to CAS . FIFA upheld Suarez 's suspension Thursday , with the player 's lawyer calling the punishment -- which included a nine-game international ban -- `` blatantly draconian , totalitarian and fascist . '' Swiss-based CAS represents Suarez 's last chance of overturning his sanction . `` We hope they revoke this sanction that is blatantly draconian , totalitarian and fascist , '' Alejandro Balbi told Spanish radio station Cope . `` The right of a footballer to work is being violated , and football should be worried about that . The nine ( international ) games may seem excessive , but the fact that he ca n't watch a game of football , or train or carry out his job , we are talking about unpleasant things . `` We knew that FIFA would uphold the ban because they are corporatists . We will not stop , we are going to go to the CAS and we will keep taking the juridical path that is available to us . '' Read more : Suarez banned for four months .
Controversial Uruguayan striker Barcelona bound after Liverpool agree to sale . Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers let Suarez go with `` great reluctance '' but the player was not happy about it and wanted a new contract at Anfield. Striker set to sign a five-year deal with the La Liga giants subject to passing medical .