Luis Suarez comments that biting Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup was a mistake but also harmless.
In an extract from his autobiography ‘Mi Vida, Luis Suarez’ – ‘My Life, Luis Suarez’ – Marca reports the Uruguayan as saying that none of his bites were particularly damaging.
“Biting frightens a lot of people but it is relatively harmless, at least in the incidents I was involved in,” the former Liverpool striker wrote.
Luis Suarez comments that biting Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup was a mistake but also harmless.
In an extract from his autobiography ‘Mi Vida, Luis Suarez’ – ‘My Life, Luis Suarez’ – Marca reports the Uruguayan as saying that none of his bites were particularly damaging.
“Biting frightens a lot of people but it is relatively harmless, at least in the incidents I was involved in,” the former Liverpool striker wrote.
“None of my bites was like Mike Tyson’s on Evander Holyfield, but nobody cares about that.”
Suarez added that he felt as though he was ‘treated like a criminal’, but despite that, the Barcelona striker admits that he did make a mistake.
“It was my fault. It was the third time something like that happened and I needed help, although I was an easy target.”
He then goes on to mention his first day in the Barca dressing room after the ban was lifted and, according to Suarez, what Luis Enrique’s words were.
“He said that I had finally been taken out of Guantanamo to join everyone. They all applauded the released prisoner and I tried not to blush.”
The 27-year-old also confessed it was Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard who convinced him not to join Arsenal.
“He had a clinical eye. He told me to stay, play well at Liverpool, and that the next year Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Barcelona would come in for me, because I had the quality to play anywhere.”