At last! Suarez starts Barca training on friday, to be unveiled publicly next week

After being cleared for ''training , promotional activities and administrative matters, Luis Suarez is set to resume training on Friday, 15th August with the Barcelona squad and also to be unveiled to the public on Monday next week.

 

According to a statement on the club's website shortly after the verdict on the player by the Court of Arbitration for Sports which reads: ''Following the announcement of the verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the appeal against the sanction imposed on Luis Suarez by FIFA, FC Barcelona hereby announces that the player will join the first team’s training session scheduled for tomorrow Friday in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.

 

''Likewise, the public presentation of Suarez as a new FC Barcelona player will be held on Monday at the Camp Nou, on occasion of the Joan Gamper Trophy match [with Leon].''

 

The former Liverpool goal-poacher was suspended for four-months for biting Italian defender Chiellini during a World Cup match. 

Biting: Suarez loses appeal but free to train with Barcelona

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld Luis Suarez’s four-month ban from football, but has allowed him to train with Barcelona.

Suarez will be allowed to train with his new team Barcelona, but will not participate in any football-related activity as stipulated in the original verdict.

This means that Suarez will make his debut in October when Barcelona confront Real Madrid in La Liga, the first El-clasico of the season.

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