Uruguay and Liverpool striker makes immediate post-season signing.
Luis Suarez is one of the most recognizable footballers on the planet. The recently anointed Professional Footballer's Association and the Football Writers Association, Player of the Year 2013-2014 has had quite a reversal of fortune over the last 12 months. He has also just signed with mega brand 888Poker as a global brand ambassador.
From Pariah to Hero
It has been quite a 12 months for the Uruguay and Liverpool forward. In one of the last games of the 2012/2013 season, Suarez bit the arm of an opponent and was subsequently banned for 10 league games with a hefty fine thrown in for good measure. This was in addition to other previous misdemeanors, including the racial slurring of a fellow professional during a game. A hero already for Liverpool supporters due to his goal-scoring exploits, last summer's close season was one of fear that this multi-talented player would leave the English game. Suarez's ban continued into this season and his tally of 31 league goals for the Reds is the first time in several seasons that anyone has beaten the 30-goal mark.
World Cup
June sees the start of the World Cup in Brazil and Suarez is expected to be among the leading lights. His 11 goals in the qualifying tournament helped Uruguay (he is the nation's leading goal scorer) to eventual qualification for the upcoming South American football bonanza. Suarez is already going to be one of the most followed stars of the World Cup and that exposure is one of the key things that 888 Poker is hoping to tap into. In a recent interview, Suarez was paraded as 888's newest signing where he talked about his love of poker, his prolific Premier League season and his hopes for the upcoming World Cup.
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