Suarez mentor admits ‘striker has the mentality of a child’

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez “sometimes has the mentality of a child” when he plays football, according to the man who brought him to Europe.

Henk Veldmate signed the Uruguay international for Groningen from Nacional as a 19-year-old in 2006 and said Suarez’s character was heavily influenced by his South American upbringing.

“He’s a grown up person but also, in the way he likes playing football, he sometimes has the mentality of a child,” said the Dutch club’s sporting director.