"We accept everyone here, imperfections and all"

Posted Thursday, July 17, 2014 by Marca.com

"We accept everyone here, imperfections and all""We accept everyone here, imperfections, skills, mistakes, ability to learn from past errors and all. We get past any negatives, accept them, work on them and turn them into positives. This club is more important than its players." That is how Barça's sporting director emphatically answered a question doubting the ethics behind signing Luis Suarez.

Zubizarreta confirmed that for all intents and purposes the Uruguayan is a Barcelona player, but opted against commenting on the ban: "Our lawyers have told us that we must be extremely prudent with everything we say. We are evaluating all the information that we may be able to bring to the table in order to defend the rights of both the player and club. Let's give the lawyers the time they need to work on this," replied Zubi when asked about the possibility of going to court in an effort to appeal against the sanction.

The 'Azulgranas' have already started studying the appeal that Luis Suárez will have to lodge with the CAS. Currently, one of the main doubts is whether he should request that his sanction be frozen during his appeal process. If that were to happen, the club would be able to unveil the player and the former Liverpool striker would be able to begin training with the rest of the team.