Eudis De Freitas · @edflinkinp
29th May 2013 from TwitLonger
#SUAREZ: UNCUT FULL-LENGTH TRANSLATION of the Interview: 29-05-2013 #LFC >
Interviewer: How are you Luis? Welcome.
LS: Good, good. Good afternoon.
Interviewer: Well, thank you very much, it's difficult to bother you at this moment, you're about to train. There are many things (I) want to ask you, we know that there's little time because the practice is about to start.
LS: Yeah.
Interviewer: First, I'm going with the national team, what happened in Chile, the different situations are leaving you out of this next match. Did the manager tell you something regarding the intention of using you on the match vs. France? Or is it something that you haven’t discussed with him?
LS: No, I think that, obviously I still haven't talked with the Coach on that aspect because I've never discussed it, I've never asked him whether I'll play nor he hasn't told me if I will play or not, and I think that, the usual (interpretation), and what I understand is that I will not be playing because of the fact that we need to prepare the most important game which is against Venezuela, and that, I believe the logical thing is for him to put the team that will probably be able to play against Venezuela, so it's understandable, I'm preparing myself mostly to be ready for the Confederations cup, and obviously with the desire to play again.
Interviewer: All right, now I gotta ask you about the future because it seems it's very interesting for all of us the Uruguayans. We've always liked to have--we had a few Uruguayans in Madrid right? But it really could be something of pride for all (of us). Are you close to the Merengues? Did your agent tell you something?
LS: No, obviously one has the desire to be successful in big teams, the hope and dream to make it into the biggest teams in the world are always there, I talked to my agent and there's nothing in concrete yet, and saying no to Real Madrid will always be difficult, even more to a team like that, and I believe that everyone knows that I have a contract with Liverpool but, I want to make it clear that to Real Madrid it's hard to say no, but also it's understandable that there's a lot of rumors and a lot of talking when sometimes they (the press, probably) are just talking for the sake of it, but you have to understand that on this transfer window there will be a lot of talking, there have been mentions about other teams that are supposedly interested but you never know that until the time where they (sit and) talk about it and the concrete offers start appearing.
Interviewer: And, Luis, you are, obviously happy in Liverpool, that's clear enough, you have a huge backing from the fans that love you, but, is everything much more complicated for you in the rest of England? Hasn't that worn you out?
LS: I can only have words of gratitude for the Club, the Fans, and the people of Liverpool. I love, I love to be in Liverpool, I am happy in Liverpool but I think that the treatment I've received in the last few weeks, the last few months I think--it was a mistake I made, and I accepted it, I came forward to apologize and I think that every time you make a mistake you have to accept it and recognize it and I believe I did that but there has been talk of things that have nothing to do with the mistake I made, they've hit me from every angle and, I am human, and you take it all because you know how football is, but I think they've gotten to talk about aspects that they don't even have to and it hurts a lot, I have a family to look after which also suffers, and I believe a line has been crossed and I've grown tired of it, I've got to suffer as well as--I have a daughter and a wife and I think I'm not prepared to keep bearing the English press.
Interviewer: Sure, and Luis, you have many people on your surroundings, well your family and people who give you advice, is the advice that, if you can, can you go to another important league, for example the Spanish?
LS: Let's see, I.. like I said, I love Liverpool (the club), I love to be in Liverpool but if, if there's any possibility of trying to play in other place, mostly because of the fact that I suffered a lot as a kid, I fought a lot to get to where I am today just to let some journalists like the English bug me, and criticize me in an unjust manner, they've never valued me or credit me inside of the pitch as a player, but only (care about) my attitude and I think it's gotten to a limit that gets tiring.
Interviewer: Luis, you aim at the journalists. From here, following the Premier League the way we can follow it, or reading about it on the different articles, there are opinion columns (you've received) that are absolutely grotesque and hurtful. But, can this be generalized to the fans of all Liverpool rivals? Did you receive any mistreatment on every stadium you played?
LS: No, I think that after what happened with the racism case, things were cooling down, and were getting better, there were people who understood it was in the past, but I think that the treatment that I received from other teams has always been... It was more like, I always felt it as something to intimidate you and make you feel uncomfortable with the whistling, something that is normal in football and that didn't affect me or my family at all because it's normal the way many players are booed. What did hurt me was mostly the journalists because of the way they spoke about me, as if they knew me from my entire life, and all the things I did, let's see, they are there to talk about a player and how he plays and of course his attitude but it's gotten to the extreme where you get tired, you suffer, and I believe they said things they didn't have to and, I'm a human being that has feelings and there are things they say that hurt.
Interviewer: Is the club still insisting on you to stay? I'm asking you this after the fact that marked the end of the season a little bit, that incident with Ivanovic...
LS: Yes, obviously the club I think has always wanted me to stay but well, I've spoken to the coach, the coach knows very well what I want, the coach was a player, there are teammates that understand my situation, they know it's a difficult situation, and I think with that it gets a bit more understandable.
Interviewer: Well you have over there (in the national squad) Edinson Cavani, your teammate and friend, maybe I don't know but, on the last 3 or 4 days, the Spanish media, especially the ones that write about Real Madrid, sometimes cover with Luis Suarez, sometimes cover with Cavani because one of you two will surely end up in Madrid, so you can banter a little bit with him there..
LS: Well that's something of pride, like you said at the beginning, to the Uruguayan people, that one (of us) has the possibility but well, it's the both of us that are being talked about, there are talks about other players as well but I think we have to wait until something is more concrete, until things gain a bit more depth, but well, the important thing is that is means more like a recognition, that the two of us are doing a good job and, that we hope to represent the national team in the best way possible.
Interviewer: You have Guardiola as your agent?
LS: Yes, yes. It's Guardiola's brother.
Interviewer: So you're saying that, HE would negotiate with Real Madrid? A Guardiola with either Florentino or Zidane but, it's a weird branch of this story...
LS: No, I think that when a team wants a player they pay more attention to the player than his agent and, that's the most important thing.
Interviewer: You're not going to end up in Barcelona, are you? Well, Guardiola left for Bayern Munich anyway so... But at some point there was some talk about (you and) Barcelona, I think that when you were in Ajax.
LS: Like I told you! It's talk for the sake of it, many things are said that involve a lot of teams and things that I don't even know of! In football it's like this, there's talk, there's rumors, but until it's concrete or there's a signature you don't know anything.
Interviewer: All right, Luis, thanks for your time, (I send you) a hug and thanks for answering our call.
LS: You're welcome. Bye.