Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has attempted to shrug off his Ballon d'Or snub. The former Liverpool star was ignored for the nominations shortlist after winning the European Golden Boot. Suarez's World Cup bite storm is understood to have seen the selection committee rule against him.
Suarez said: "Everyone brings it to attention, as Gerard Piqué said, and what he told me is that they voted me as the best player in the most difficult league in the world, or one of the most difficult. I was also the highest goalscorer of all of the European leagues.
"But I prefer to keep quiet before saying things because every time that I speak there could be a problem."
