Andoni Zubizarreta, sporting director of Barcelona, was pleased to see Luis Suárez publicly apologize for his bite on Giorgio Chiellini.

Suárez has been linked to a Barcelona transfer throughout the offseason.

“Suárez has shown he is humble enough to admit an error, which is very important,” Zubizarreta told reporters. “He has been humble enough to apologize to those he has affected, because it happened in the middle of a festival of football. In this case it’s the best thing a person can do.

“Everyone knows that Luis is an excellent player, everyone knows last season he played in various positions in attack, but everyone also knows that he is a Liverpool player,” he said.