Tuesday 14 February 2012

Standard Chartered warn Liverpool over Suarez conduct.


Liverpool's shirt sponsor Standard Chartered have come out to voice concern over striker Luis Suarez's antics at Old Trafford over the weekend. The controversial Uruguayan striker further stoked the rivalry between the two rivals by his refusal to shake Manchester United's left back Patrice Evra. This came from after being handed a record eight match ban for racially abusing the defender back in December. 


The bank is halfway through a 4 year deal with the Anfield based club worth £80m. The  London based bank, who have considerable assets in South East Asia- a key marketing area for the club have voiced their concern to the clubs American owners the Fenway Sports group. 


In a statement the bank who generated over $16 billion dollars in revenue in 2010 said "We were very disappointed by Saturday’s incident and have discussed our concerns with the club.


In a separate development Luis Suarez, manager Kenny Dalglish and chief executive Ian Ayre all issued an apologies in relation to the incident on Saturday. Liverpool will be looking to focus on events on the pitch as they next take on Brighton in the FA cup at Anfield on Saturday.

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