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Luis Suarez says one of the reasons he left Liverpool FC was because he was “tired” of the English media.

The former Reds striker, who joined Barcelona in a £75million deal last summer, was never far from controversy during his three-and-a-half year spell at Anfield.

Suarez served bans for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra and biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic but has always claimed he was harshly treated by the press.

The Uruguayan was recently angered by reports suggesting he had tried to bite Manchester City’s Martín Demichelis during their Champions League clash at the Etihad.

Suarez told beIN SPORTS: “I don’t know if there is a campaign of the English press towards me, but it can be seen that they miss me. They criticise me so much that they look for something that is not there to draw attention.

“They published images of me (next to Demichelis) in the morning and when they saw that that was false those images disappeared off the pages. I said enough and that they leave me alone and that I went because I was tired of them, but yet they are still looking (for me).

“I am very happy at Barca, I fulfilled a dream to play at the best club in the world and now I am enjoying it. I am contributing things to the team and that leaves me calmer and makes me feel important.

“The family are very happy in Barcelona and enjoying a city that we knew. The children are in the school and my wife is very happy.”

In pictures: Luis Suarez's time at Liverpool