Barcelona have a bomb on their hands - Scudamore

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has said he is of mixed emotions on the departure of Luis Suarez from the EPL but added that the Uruguayan striker is a ticking bomb.

Suarez signed for Barcelona this summer in a £75million deal but is having to serve a football ban imposed by FIFA until October 25, for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World cup.

“He's a great player and I'm not taking anything away from his talents,” Scudamore told reporters.

“He was voted by both his own players and the media last year the player of the year and deservedly so.

“He's great to have, but an accident waiting to happen - and this one in the summer, although it was with Uruguay, although it didn't directly involve the Premier League, clearly it reflected on Liverpool as one of our great clubs. And it reflected on us," he added.

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