I feel like a footballer again: Luis Suarez
7 Sept 2014 5:17 AM IST
Luis Suarez (in pic) is starting to ‘feel like a footballer’ once again after being allowed to train with new club Barcelona following his appeal against a FIFA ban for biting an opponent at the World Cup.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last month upheld FIFA’s decision to sideline Uruguay striker Suarez for four months and ban him for nine internationals after he bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
However, the court ruled a separate ban from all football-related activities was disproportionate and Suarez has begun training with his new team mates. He could make his debut in the La Liga ‘Clasico’ at Real Madrid at the end of October.
‘The truth is that you suffer a lot. It gives you a feeling of impotence not being able to do anything from the outside except talk and shout. Being able to tell my children I am going to work gives me a feeling of calm. I am starting to feel like a footballer again,’ Suarez said in an interview published in Barcelona’s official media.
Suarez said he was aware he would be under even more scrutiny on his return to action after joining Barca for a fee of 81.25 million euros ($105.3 million). ‘This time, being at the world’s best club, there will be many more eyes on me than before. So you have to be careful confronted with all these things and you have to take the responsibility and be intelligent in that sense,’ Suarez said.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last month upheld FIFA’s decision to sideline Uruguay striker Suarez for four months and ban him for nine internationals after he bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
However, the court ruled a separate ban from all football-related activities was disproportionate and Suarez has begun training with his new team mates. He could make his debut in the La Liga ‘Clasico’ at Real Madrid at the end of October.
‘The truth is that you suffer a lot. It gives you a feeling of impotence not being able to do anything from the outside except talk and shout. Being able to tell my children I am going to work gives me a feeling of calm. I am starting to feel like a footballer again,’ Suarez said in an interview published in Barcelona’s official media.
Suarez said he was aware he would be under even more scrutiny on his return to action after joining Barca for a fee of 81.25 million euros ($105.3 million). ‘This time, being at the world’s best club, there will be many more eyes on me than before. So you have to be careful confronted with all these things and you have to take the responsibility and be intelligent in that sense,’ Suarez said.
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