Former boss accuses Luis Suarez of having mentality of a child (video)

The man who gave Luis Suarez his first real break in football has provided insight to how the Liverpool striker's head works, claiming that he has the mentality of a child.

Henk Veldmate, who brought Suarez to Holland from Uruaguay as an innocent 19-year-old, has criticised the way the controversial forward has acted after he was given a 10 game ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic last month.

The Sporting Director of Dutch side Groningen, the 56-year-old said: "He’s a grown up person but also, in the way he likes playing football, he sometimes has the mentality of a child."

He also revealed that he only came across the striker by chance as he travelled to South America to take a look at another young player.

He said: "He had everything you see today, he scored a goal and did some fantastic dribbles. Sometimes you think he is lucky with his dribbles , he starts something and you think it is impossible. But in the end it works and he creates a chance and scores a goal.

“He dived to win a penalty, so all the things we see in Luis’ potential we saw in that 15 minutes and most importantly we saw he was a winner.”

So there you have it. As long as you can score goals it doesn't matter that you cheat - as that just shows you are a winner.

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