Luis Suarez admits he is grateful to Barcelona for signing him in the middle of his World Cup biting controversy.

Suarez joined Barcelona from Liverpool after the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.

He told the Players' Tribune: "Yes, yes, because it was everything.

"In addition to thinking about the World Cup, and being able to fulfill my dream to come here to Barça -- everything had gone overboard for me.

"And I think in the few days after that -- before they kicked me out of the World Cup -- that's when I spoke with Zubi [Andoni Zubizarreta], and the president [Josep Maria Bartomeu], and they told me to be calm because Barça still wanted me and … and I have no problem saying it, I cried.

"Because, they were accepting, and me going through what I did in that moment, and with the shit I had caused, it was complicated to trust in me. Truth is, Barça has been so good to me, and I will always be very grateful for that."