Gareth Bale has been labelled a ‘cheat’ by John Aldridge (Picture: Getty)

Former Liverpool player John Aldridge says Luis Suarez deserved to win the PFA Player of the Year award because Gareth Bale is one of the Premier League’s ‘biggest cheats’.

The Spurs man cleaned up at Sunday’s awards ceremony, winning both the PFA Player and Young Player accolades, with the likes of Suarez, Robin van Persie and Juan Mata all missing out.

But Aldridge believes the league’s second top scorer, Saurez, would have been a more deserving winner, despite having been slapped with a 10-game ban for biting Branislav Ivanovic.

‘It was no surprise that Suarez didn’t win the PFA award after what’s gone on but he would have been my pick ahead of Gareth Bale,’ Aldridge wrote in a column in the Liverpool Echo.




‘Some will say I’m biased, but over the course of the season I believe Suarez has been the best player.

Luis Suarez is the second top goalscorer in the Premier League this season (Picture: Reuters)

‘Bale is a brilliant talent and I’d love to have him at Liverpool but he’s also one of the biggest cheats. Suarez stopped diving and now the PFA Player of the Year needs to do the same and clean up his act.’

Aldridge also expressed his views on the lengthy suspension the FA handed the Uruguayan following the incident last Sunday and insisted their reaction was over the top.

‘Winning Player of the Year and the Golden Boot next season would be the perfect response to those people in authority who seem intent on forcing him out of English football,’ he added.

‘What Suarez did was wrong but to ban him for 10 games was a disgrace. There is just no consistency from the FA and the disciplinary process is a mess.’