Barcelona and former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has credited Carlos Tevez for inspiring him to make the move from Ajax to Liverpool. Suarez in an interview with ESPN said :
"When I was playing at Ajax, it was Carlitos Tevez who inspired me to try to play in the Premier League," the 29-year-old said. "I would watch him and I would think, 'If Carlitos can do that, why can't I? He is tiny against all those defenders.'"
Suarez has been in hot form for Barcelona this season and he is the favourite to claim the pichichi this season. However, he gave most of the credit to his team-mates for his incredible displays this season.
"The entire team deserves the credit for my streak," Suarez said. "Now my teammates look for me because they know I am in the running. Leo [Messi] and Ney[mar] give me the penalty kicks. That shows that the team sees what I am capable of over these last few games and they want me to score."
"What surprised me was that since I arrived everything went so well and we got so accustomed to winning," Suarez said of the season up until April. "I wondered what might happen if we started to lose but now I see that the group remained strong and united. We sent messages to each other to remind ourselves to believe in each other and that helped us keep our spirits up."
He added: "Winning now depends upon us and we are aware that we are one match away from winning the league, which was our main goal from the beginning of the season.”
Barcelona and Luis Suarez will be looking to secure the title when they face Granada in the last match of La Liga.
Lionel Messi says Barcelona want Atletico to beat Real Madrid in the final
Lionel Messi believes the citizens of Barcelona would be happier if Atletico Madrid won the UEFA Champions League final at the San Siro. The Barcelona forward says the fans would be happy if their arch-rivals Real Madrid won nothing this year.
With Barcelona already eliminated from Europe's most coveted competition, the 28-year-old wants Diego Simeone's men to win the title. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are second in the Liga BBVA one point behind Barcelona and play Atletico Madrid in the final of the UEFA Champions League on 28th May at the San Siro in Milan.
Speaking to ESPNFC in an exclusive interview, Messi said, "For the people of Barcelona, it would be a pleasure to see Atletico win the Champions League.
"In Barcelona, supporters would prefer to see Real win nothing," he added.
"Atletico are a very uncomfortable and difficult opponent to face, but they and Diego Simeone are there on merit."
