Just when you thought the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra saga had come to a close the Liverpool striker stirs it all up again.
His refusal to shake the hand of the man who accused him of racial abuse will no doubt dominate all post match analysis,despite the inept performance by the visitors and total domination by Utd.
The handshake has been part of the game for a long number of years but a number of recent incidents may pose the question-why bother with a meaningless gesture that players really don’t care about anyway?
In gaa the players shake hands when they line up but if players with some history don’t shake hands then it’s not a huge deal.
In rugby the handshake usually takes place after the game and it tends to be used as a peace offering before all players retire to the bar.
if Suarez doesn’t want to shake hands with Evra,or the Pope or me,then so what?
Media certainely may be guilty of hyping it up but for younger children (its always about the children) then it hardly sets the best example
But for this writer the handshake in soccer poses no real significance and the FA would do well to follow their recent example and get rid of it.
Anton Ferdinand and John Terry were spared the embarassment of having to face up to each other aftert their accusations of racial abuse earlier this season.
The handshake controversy will dominate coverage of this game but the easiest solution is to ban it-and if players want to shake hands-let them do so after-they are all big boys.
