EPL chief exec on Luis Suarez: 'I can't say I'm sorry to see him go'

With little regard for his own recent controversy, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore spoke on Wednesday about Luis Suarez joining Barcelona, insisting that the Uruguayan striker, who will learn the result of his appeal against a four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini, is "an accident waiting to happen."

"I think probably the time had come," Scudamore said in an article in The Guardian. "He's a great player and I'm not taking anything away from his talents: he was voted by both his own players and the media last year the player of the year and deservedly so.

"He's great to have but an accident waiting to happen, and if you spend your time trying to promote what's good about the Premier League, you're always waiting for the next thing to come along.

"And this one in the summer, although it was with Uruguay, although it didn't directly involve the Premier League, clearly it reflected on Liverpool as one of our great clubs. And it reflected on us.

"He's done his time here, but I can't say I'm sorry to see him go. I think it was good business on a number of levels from Liverpool to move Suarez on."

Although Scudamore isn't responsible for dealing with Suarez's cannibalistic actions from the World Cup, it was only one year ago that he imposed a 10-game ban on the Nacional product for biting Branislav Ivanovic.