Former Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli says he “regrets everything” about club’s handling of Luis Suarez racial abuse affair

Luis Suarez, Patrice Evra

Liverpool’s former director of football says the club “let football down” by backing Luis Suarez after he was accused of racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Suarez was handed an eight-match ban after being found guilty of using racist language towards Evra in a match between Liverpool and Manchester United in October 2011.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).