The former Liverpool striker continues to claim his innocence in the Evra affair
It’s been some time since the Suarez-Evra racism row of over 3 years ago was dragged out in public, but with Luis Suarez’s autobiography being serialized in the national press, it was never going to stay that way for long, as many of the tabloids made a bee-line for the chapters most likely to sell them papers.
In the book, Crossing the Line, Suarez maintains his innocence in the whole affair, insisting that the nuance and intricacy in the language he used was lost on the FA and that much of the affair was expertly orchestrated by then Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Suarez said “We were not able to put across that this word was used in Spanish and that it has nothing to do with the ‘negro’ word as it is pronounced and used in English.”
“I told Comolli what had happened. He then told Kenny Dalglish and they both told the referee and it was that version that went to the hearing.
“Why did I not go to the referee’s room myself? Because nobody told me to and because I did not speak good English. I’m not saying this is Comolli’s fault. Absolutely not.
“He is the one who had to transmit exactly what I had said to the referee and there are intricacies and nuance in the language.”
Despite attempting to make it appear that Suarez is blaming Liverpool and, in particular, Comolli, that does not seem to be the case but the fact remains that the book will reopen old wounds and once again leave him open to criticism from the English press.
He goes on, in his book “As I was walking down the line, Evra was shaking everybody’s hand, but he lowered his hand when I reached him.
“Once I had passed him he started with the show of grabbing my arm and protesting that I hadn’t shaken his hand.
“And he looked towards Sir Alex Ferguson to see if Daddy was watching. If it was a trap, I fell into it.”
Has the former Liverpool player just opened up a can of worms all over again that needn’t have been, or is he right to continue to attempt to exonerate himself? Let us know your views in the comments.
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Not bothered what our press say at him to be honest but I did like the line “And he looked towards Sir Alex Ferguson to see if Daddy was watching. If it was a trap, I fell into it.” Brilliant!
Glad Suarez has gone public with this, he was set up by the insanely mad Ferguson, the most spiteful malicious b*stard in the history of football.
People had trouble understanding then that there are other languages and cultures where the use of certain words can be in varying degrees without any malice. He said it back then that he said “Porque Negro”. Literally translated it says “Because black”. That’s in English.
He wasn’t speaking English though. He explained then that he is used to hearing the word “negro” used in a general conversational manner without any racist intent.
We, as a society refused to accept it. Because at times we feel our use of the language and every word and every context is the only right way there is.
Everyone else is malicious and uncouth unless they phrase every sentence after combing it with a fine-tooth comb. That’s become our culture in this over-PC environment. That clashed with Suarez and ended up branding him a racist.
While Suarez had many faults while at Liverpool, the Evra incident didn’t convince me he was a racist. You see a player being jeered by people because of his skin colour. That’s racism.