Luis Suarez remains confident that he did no wrong in an incident involving him and Patrice Evra whilst playing at Liverpool.
Whilst playing for Liverpool, Uruguayan striker Suarez was banned for eight games after being found guilty of racially abusing former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during a match in October 2011.
Suarez, who now plays for Barcelona and will make his debut in Saturday’s El Clasico against Real Madrid; has reiterated that he did little wrong in the incident.
In an interview with The Guardian, Suarez said: “I know I was wrong with the biting and the diving but I was accused of racism without any proof. There were lots of cameras, but no evidence. It hurts me the most that it was my word against theirs.
“Every culture has its way of expressing itself, and that’s a word people in Uruguay use all the time, whether somebody’s black or not black. It gets used a lot without those connotations, and that’s why it is completely different to how it is expressed in England, no?”
When asked about his comments towards Evra, Suarez said: “No, not at any time. I just said, ‘why, negro?’ and it was just like asking, ‘why?’. These are things that footballers say, that happen all the time.”