Luis Suarez is likely to play his first competitive game for Barcelona in La Liga’s El Clasico against Real Madrid later this month and he says it is no coincidence his four-month biting ban expires the day before one of biggest fixtures in world soccer.
Fifa sidelined the controversial Uruguay striker for four months and banned him for nine competitive internationals after he bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
“You know, I’m the kind of person who believes that things happen for a reason,” Suarez said in an interview published on Barca’s website (www.Fcbarcelona.Es) on Tuesday.
“Out of all 19 teams in the league, it’s precisely against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu that I’ll make my comeback. There must be a reason,” added the 27-year-old.
Suarez has been training hard with his new teammates to make sure he is ready for action when the ban expires and he does not appear to have lost his instinct for goal.
Suarez will join Lionel Messi and Neymar in a formidable Barca attack and he said he was “hungry” to help the club return to winning ways after they failed to win major silverware last season.
“All I can say is that I have arrived with the desire to be a success at Barca that I am hungry to win titles,” Suarez said.
“I have the chance to play for the team that I have always wanted to play for and it’s a chance I intend to make the most of. I want to show the fans that I want to be a success at Barca and to help my teammates as much as I can,” he added.
Suarez said he had found it difficult to admit to his attack on Chiellini.
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