num_pages: 320
description: Luis Surez was a young boy already in love with football by the time his family moved from the countryside to Uruguay's capital Montevideo. The guile and trickery of the street kid made an impact with the country's biggest club Nacional before he was spotted by Dutch scouts who brought him to Europe. Surez was lured from Ajax to Merseyside by another iconic number 7 Kenny Dalglish. From that moment he terrorised Premier League defences driving a resurgent Liverpool towards their most exciting top-flight season in 24 years. But there is another side to Luis Surez: the naturally fiery temperament which drives his competitiveness on the pitch. There was the very public incident with Patrice Evra of bitter rivals Manchester United and the biting of Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic for which Surez received eight- and ten-match suspensions respectively. Then during the World Cup finals in Brazil in a physical encounter against Italy he bit defender Giorgi Chiellini on the shoulder. Banned from football for four months derided by the press he left Brazil in the most testing of circumstances. In the summer's final twist he became one of the most expensive footballers of all time moving from Liverpool to Barcelona. In Crossing the Line Luis Surez talks from the heart about his intriguing career his personal journey from scrapping street kid to performer on football's biggest stage and the never-say-die attitude that sometimes causes him to overstep the mark.
language: English
title: Crossing the Line: My Story
publisher: Headline