Uruguay international Luis Suarez has officially completed his transfer to Barcelona to Liverpool.
Although the striker arrived in the Catalan city on Tuesday to finalise the deal, he had to be 'unveiled' by Barca under the terms of his current ban.
The 27-year-old is serving a four-month FIFA suspension from all football-related activity after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during a World Cup match.
As a result, Suarez could not be formally unveiled at the Nou Camp on Wednesday morning, but new Barca coach Luis Enrique and director of football Andoni Zubizarreta were available to answer questions.
Suarez will be ineligible to play for Barcelona or even to train with his team-mates until late October following his transfer for a reported £75m.
And Zubizarreta would not confirm rumours that the club are planning to appeal his ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"Luis Suarez is a Barcelona player for all purposes but the recommendation from our lawyers has been to remain discreet,” Zubizarreta said.
"Our lawyers tell us that we should be very prudent with what we say and your question is asking about something that's could only happen after certain verdicts have been reached.
"Then we'll be able to explain things better. But it's fact, it's true. He's 100 per cent a member of the club.
"We're speaking to our lawyers to find out the best way of defending his rights but at the moment there's nothing I can say about that."
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