Barcelona star Luis Suarez honoured with with unflattering statue in hometown that fans are mocking and calling ugly
LUIS SUAREZ has been ‘honoured’ with a statue in his Uruguayan home town – and fans are slaughtering it for being ugly.
Under-fire sculptor Alberto Morales Saravia admitted even before the bodge job was unveiled that he had never met the former Liverpool striker and was working from photos he had found of the ex-Premier League ace on the internet.
Sculptor Alberto Morales Saravia admitted he had only worked with images of the Barcelona star that he had managed to find on the webFans have lave labelled the statue ugly and compared it to the monstrosity built for Lionel Messi in ArgentinaFootball fans from around the world have been making fun of the Messi statue located in Tucuman and have now spotted Suarez’sWhile Suarez’s protruding chompers might not be the most the beautiful attribute his statue does him no favours
The download speeds in Saravia’s studio must not be up to much as the tribute, dropped outside a shopping district in the Barcelona star’s hometown of Salto, north-western Uruguay, is less that flattering.
Saravia explained during the planning process: “What I am doing is very difficult.
“I’m doing it by looking at photos.”
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The artist claimed he did not want to hassle the forward for a sitting session to complete his masterpiece.
But Suarez was happy to post a video online expressing his gratitude for the Lego-like erection.
The ex-Kop hero at least now has something in common with strike partner Lionel Messi who was also the subject of a shoddy sculpture in Tucuman, Argentina.
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