Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is adamant the club will cope without the world-class talent of Luis Suarez.

The Reds agreed a club-record £75 million deal with Barcelona on Friday and the Uruguay international – currently serving a four-month worldwide ban from all football activities for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup – will travel to Spain for a medical this week.

Suarez scored 82 goals in 133 appearances and won the golden boot last season with 31 in 33 league matches and his departure leaves behind a huge void but Rodgers said filling it was not insurmountable.

“If there is one thing the history of this great club teaches us, it is that Liverpool FC is bigger than any individual,” he said.

“I am confident we will improve the team further and will be stronger for this coming season, when we will be competing on all fronts; domestically and in the greatest club competition in the world, the Champions League.

“We are focused on the future, as we strive to continue with the progress we have made and build on last season’s excellent Barclays Premier League campaign.

“I hope our supporters continue to dream and believe that we are moving forward and with continued improvement and progression, together we will bring the success we all crave and deserve.”