It’s the third time Suarez has been punished for the misdemeanour in his career and the second time since his arrival at Anfield in January 2011.
Therefore from that point of view, making more than a £50m profit on the £22.8m the Merseysiders paid Ajax for the South American and moving on a 27-year-old ticking time-bomb makes the deal seem like a good piece of business.
It also gives manager Brendan Rodgers a hefty transfer kitty to play with ahead of his side’s first return to Champions League football since 2009.
Remy will be the fifth new arrival at the club this summer and a new left-back and possibly a new central defender are also expected to be purchased.
However, as Tottenham Hotspur found out 12 months ago, receiving an astronomical fee for your best player and then spending that on a plethora of new talent is not a fail-safe option.
In 2013 Gareth Bale became the most expensive footballer in history when Real Madrid were moved to sanction an £85.3m deal for the Welshman.
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