Conspiracy! Suarez reopens Evra race row with attack on Manchester United

Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Dailymail

Luis Suarez has defied Liverpool's orders to reignite the row over his race ban last season after claiming he fell victim to a Manchester United conspiracy.

The Liverpool striker, who is currently back in Uruguay preparing for the Olympics, will have dismayed Anfield officials by going on record again about the incident with Patrice Evra last October.

In an interview with Uruguayan TV station RR Gol, Suarez revealed he has been ordered by Liverpool’s hierarchy not to speak over the furore, for which he received an eight-match ban.

Conspiracy! Suarez reopens Evra race row with attack on Manchester United
Hitting out: Luis Suarez has reopened the infamous race row with Patrice Evra

Suarez caused a storm when he failed to shake hands with Evra before a Barclays Premier League game at Old Trafford on February 4.

But he said: 'It was a misunderstanding, what happened between me and Evra at Old Trafford when we were to shake hands. In fact, I think it was all arranged against me again, as it had happened with the punishment.

'I promised my wife, the manager and the directors that I was going to shake my hand with Evra. “Why not?” I thought, because I had no problems with him. I had been punished because of him, but I had no problems with shaking hands.'

Conspiracy! Suarez reopens Evra race row with attack on Manchester United
Flashpoint: The pair first clashed in October, after which Suarez was accused

Suarez, who revealed that he had been left in tears following his trial last December, added: ‘The media in England showed the moment when I passed in front of him, but they didn’t see that he had his hand low before. Only the media in Uruguay and Spain showed that I wanted to shake his hand.

'The trial was so complicated for me. I had to go to Manchester in a taxi for the trial. I got up at seven in the morning and I came home at nine at night. I was exhausted, I was so tired. I wanted to cry, and kick all the things around me.

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