Number one: Luis Suarez is top of the pile (Picture: Reuters)

Love him or hate him, you can’t help but talk about him – so it’s no surprise that Luis Suarez has been named the top trending football topic of 2013.

The controversial Liverpool striker scored top marks in Twitter’s review of the year, which includes details of how many times he was mentioned on the social networking site.

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Suarez leads the way in strong Liverpool connection (Picture: Twitter UK)

Suarez leads the way from the hashtag #LFC, meaning plenty were probably talking about his scoring exploits for the Anfield club this season.


Swansea and Aston Villa come in third and fourth, while Liverpool’s dominance of Twitter returns, with the word ‘Liverpool’ taking fifth place.



The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson and the hashtag #ThankYouSirAlex also features, as does #TransferDeadlineDay, showing that deadline day is not just about Sky Sports News anymore.

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