I’ll be glad to see the back of Luis Suarez

“My theory is that something deep inside his mind regresses to some period in his early life where he has felt threatened.”

There was absolutely no way that Liverpool could keep him in English football after his disgusting biting antics at the World Cup.

The sad thing is that he’ll probably be feeling quite pleased with himself this weekend.

A move to Barcelona which appears well down the line suits him perfectly and, like so many modern mercenaries, he’ll not give a second thought about Liverpool and their supporters.

My sympathy goes out to Anfield boss Brendan Rodgers. The Suarez affair really must feel like a severe kick in the teeth for him.

Everyone at the club rallied round the player when he appeared full of regret after biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic. That was thrown back in their face when he sunk his teeth into Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini while playing for Uruguay.

The attempts to defend him by his country’s football association were absolutely disgraceful. And his first statement that he fell into the defender’s shoulder was ridiculous.

It was like a pathetic wee boy who’d been caught with his hand in the sweetie jar.

I’m sure Barcelona put pressure on him to make a proper apology before they started negotiations for the move to Catalonia.

Let me make it clear that I don’t believe he did the biting to engineer a transfer. My Talksport colleague, Neil Warnock, put forward that theory but I don’t buy it. I just think he has a problem and there’s little being said about that being addressed.

My theory is that something deep inside his mind regresses to some period in his early life where he has felt threatened. He panics and the way to try and get rid of the threat is to bite. That, however, is no excuse for such uncivilised behaviour.

One thing I’ve found encouraging in this whole affair is the attitude of the Liverpool fans. The vast majority of them appear to be sick of Suarez and have said he has to go.

That tells me that not everyone believes in success at any price.

Too many modern footballers think they’re invincible because of the fortunes they earn. It seems Suarez is to be allowed to train during his four-month ban and I don’t object to that.

But there’s to be an appeal against the length of his suspension and you can be sure that his new club will be lobbying hard to have it reduced. That simply can’t be allowed to happen.

A strong message has to be sent that biting and similar acts of violence will always be severely punished.

FIFA have to stay strong and set an example for kids who follow football. It will be a scandal if they backtrack on this ban now.