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Luiz Suarez has been one of the best players in the Premier league, but he has also been one of the controversial in the last few years. Uruguay national team manager Oscar Tabarez is of the opinion that the controversies have made the 26-year-old a much better player.


Luiz Suarez has been one of the best players in the Premier league, but he has also been one of the controversial in the last few years. Uruguay national team manager Oscar Tabarez is of the opinion that the controversies have made the 26-year-old a much better player.

Suarez has been involved in two high-profile incidents since moving to Liverpool in 2011. He was accused of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, which is an accusation that has since been proven correct. He was also banned for 10 matches from biting into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the end of last season.

He has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons appointed last season, but this season it has all been about his football. He has 23 goals in just 21 league matches. This has made him the top scorer in the Premier league by a long distance. Suarez is expected to be one of the favourites to win the PFA player of the year awards, which will be announced soon. The 26-year-old has also improved his nation’s chances of doing well at the World Cup 2014 immensely. Uruguay finished the 2010 World Cup in the third place, but they will be hoping to go the full distance this time around.

“Suarez has always been a major part of Uruguay since he started in the under-20s. He made the breakthrough in 2007 into the senior squad. He’s developed and evolved a lot obviously in the time since – especially in his attitude and his competitive spirit as well as his skills. I put that down to what’s happened to him in England. Maybe it’s partly, or mainly down to all the problems he has had. He’s come through difficult times. He’s kept going when it was difficult,” said Tabarez.