The two South Americans have had quieter weeks, each causing more controversy at Liverpool and Manchester City. Would you like either at your club ?
The best footballers often come with an edge, look at Diego Maradona, or even Eric Cantona.
Does this mean they are worth the hassle, no matter what it entails?
Luis Suarez has gone from being backed by Liverpool 100 per cent this time last week, to a place where he was forced to apologise like a naughty schoolkid.
To be fair, it is his own doing.
The racial abuse allegation was an unsavoury affair, and one you would imagine he would not like to carry around with him for the remainder of his career.
So on Saturday he had an opportunity to put it all behind him, and chose not to.
The effect was that he had to apologise, Kenny Dalglish was also forced into an apology, and sponsors Standard Chartered were holding talks with Liverpool’s hierarchy about worries that the club’s image was becoming tarnished.
Surely Suarez could have seen the problems he would cause for his club, but chose to ignore them.
Which brings us onto Carlos Tevez, another South American striker who has put himself ahead of his club and his teammates.
By going on strike, not only did he risk disrupting his team, but also cost himself millions of pounds.
So the day before he was due back in England to rekindle his relationship with club, fans and manager, he dropped another clanger.
Choosing to praise rival manager Sir Alex Ferguson in an interview was not going to go down well with the City faithful, but describing Roberto Mancini as treating him like a dog would have gone down like a tonne of bricks with his manager.
City clearly feel they need Tevez, otherwise they would not be persisting with the hassle.
Any reconciliation will likely be a truce agreement before the transfer window re-opens in the summer, but if he can inspire the side to their first Premier League crown will it all be worth it?
Likewise with Suarez? He may be driving the Liverpool owners bonkers with his actions, but if he can score the goals to win the Carling Cup, and take Liverpool into an unlikely fourth spot, will all be forgiven?
Which one out of Tevez and Suarez dropped the biggest clanger? Would you welcome either at your club, or are their histrionics and unpredictability part and parcel of signing a big name player?
They may not be perfect, but what you see is what you get. Where would football be without it’s characters?
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