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Chelsea boss Mourinho: Liverpool's Suarez should NOT be Player of the Year

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has taken fresh aim at Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.

The Uruguayan has won both the PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year awards.

Mourinho said: "Luis Suarez is a very good player. They're not voting for a player who has no quality.

"(But) the profile of player who wins the player of the year is not the profile of player who used to win in English football 10, eight, six years ago.

"He bit (Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic) not this season but the previous season. This is a different season. I'm not speaking about one mistake that a man can have. You don't have to be punished for the rest of your life if you make a mistake on the football pitch.

"(But) my player of the year would be always from the champions, in every condition.

"If the champion is Man City - they need a point - I would say a Man City player and if I have to choose one, I would choose Dzeko."

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