Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has criticised what he called Fifa's political decision not to include former teammate Luis Suarez on their shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or award as the world's best footballer.

The list, announced earlier this week, had 23 names on it, but not that of the Uruguayan striker, who was banned for four months by Fifa after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup in June.

He only returned to football last weekend, playing in El-Clasico against Real Madrid for Barcelona, whom he had joined from Liverpool for a fee the English club said was 75 million pounds ($119.93 million).

"He scored 33 goals and was voted best player in the hardest league in the world," Gerrard said in an interview with the Daily Mail.
"So you tell me how he's not on the Ballon d'Or list? Incredible. He should be fighting Cristiano Ronaldo for it. That's a fact. I can't believe it but that's politics in football isn't it?"
[culled from supersport.com]


http://endougs..com/2014/10/gerrard-reacts-to-suarez-ballon-dor.html

How is EPL the ''hardest league in the world'', and hard in what sense exactly? These English never cease to overhype themselves.

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How is EPL the ''hardest league in the world'', and hard in what sense exactly? These English never cease to overhype themselves.

Yes oh...EPL is just overhyped.
But suarez nids to be on that list

You don't go biting people and expect to be nominated for d ballon d'or award. It's good he wasn't nominated.FIFA would have been sending the wrong message by nominating him.