In an interview published on the day he bit Branislav Ivanović last year, Luis Suárez explained his wife had urged him to behave on the pitch otherwise she would not watch him anymore. In the days before he bit Giorgio Chiellini, he complained how he had "dreamt" of scoring twice against England. "I’m enjoying this moment, because of all I suffered, the criticism I received. So, there you go."
Upon hearing Suárez had sunk his teeth into a third opponent reporter in Belo Horizonte, where England ended their World Cup campaign with a prosaic draw with Costa Rica, one reporter tweeted: "How's he going to blame the English media this time? We're all at another game." Suárez's wife might wish she was, too.
Suárez is a son of picardia. It means something approximate to slyness, cunning, with a dash of deviance. That doesn't extend to biting three players in three different countries or racially abusing an opponent seven times.
He is a truly world-class player yet he is so charmless and graceless, with little or no redeeming features. Everything is tainted and he should have played his last game of the year on Tuesday.
Luis Suárez Controversies
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Open Image ModalSuárez stops the ball with the hands during the extra-time of Uruguay's 2010 World Cup quarter-final match with Ghana... (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalHe is shown a red card after his handball by referee Olegario Benquerenca, but Asamoah Gyan misses the spot-kick... (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalAnd Uruguay go on to win on penalties as Suárez is demonised by the Ghanians (credit:Getty Images)
Dutch Eredivisie - Bite incident Luis Suarez(04 of18)
Open Image ModalSuárez was not sent off for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder while Ajax captain in November 2011... (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBut he did receive a seven-match ban (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn early glimpse of Suárez's nature came in March 2011 when, after a Rafael da Silva tackle on Lucas Leiva, he slyly tugged the Brazilian's hair in a bid to wind him up (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSuárez feigns agony as Jack Rodwell is erroneously sent off by Martin Atkinson in the October 2011 Merseyside derby. Liverpool win the game 2-0 and Suárez scores. (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalLater in October, a foul by Suárez on Patrice Evra sparks off his most infamous misdemeanour... (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalWhen he racially abuses Evra, calling him a "negro" eight times... (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSuárez is fined £40,000 and banned for eight matches (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSuárez is suspended for one game for making an offensive gesture to Fulham fans in December 2011.
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Open Image ModalOn his first start since his ban for racially abusing Evra, Suárez refuses to shake his hand in February 2012 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalSuárez executes a pathetic dive in a 0-0 draw against Stoke in October 2012. He later admits to cheating (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalBemusing irony as Suárez opts for a diving celebration in front of Everton manager David Moyes, who accused the Uruguayan of simulation after the Stoke tumble (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalSuárez is fortunate not to be red-carded after he rakes his studs down Sylvain Distin's heel in the same game. Everton fans enjoy poetic justice when he scores a late header which is wrongly disallowed for offside (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalSuárez controls the ball with his hand at Mansfield Town to score Liverpool's winner in the third-round of the FA Cup, January 2013 (credit:AP)
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Open Image ModalChewy Suárez: A shocked Branislav Ivanović reels from being bitten by the controversial striker (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalGiorgio Chiellini shows off the bite mark from where Suárez bit him. (credit:Getty Images)