Mum blames Suarez after son is bitten by another child in 'copycat' incident

A mother from Wales believes Liverpool striker Luis Suarez is to blame after her son was bitten by another child at school this morning.

  Suarez was fined £300,000 by his club after digging his teeth into Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic. The Uruguayan striker escaped a red card at Anfield yesterday, allowing him to remain on the pitch to score the 97th-minute equaliser against the visiting Blues. Suarez will not face criminal charges for the incident but has since been charged with violent conduct by the FA. 

But now a concerned parent believes her son was the victim of a 'copycat' incident after he was bitten on the elbow while at school.

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Luis Suarez: The serious and the less serious

Luis Suarez's bite-attack on Chelsea rival Branislav Ivanovic may have rocked English football but it has also inspired many people to take a more light-hearted view of the scandal online. 

Photoshopped images of the Liverpool striker have gone viral, including one showing him as the blood-thirsty Count Dracula and more as killer shark Jaws, gobbling up victims.Others have compared him to a dangerous dog needing a muzzle or someone who is just very hungry. 

The Uruguayan was today offered anger management classes by the Professional Footballers' Association, allowing jokers to recreate the poster for Jack Nicholson's hit film, Anger Management.

These bite-inspired images have already become internet hits viewed by thousands around the world. Suarez earned the nickname 'The Cannibal of Ajax' and a seven-match ban in 2010 for drawing blood from the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal while playing in Holland, allowing comparisons to Hannibel Lecter.

Liverpool's Managing Director Ian Ayre has confirmed that the Uruguayan has been fined for his latest misdemeanour  - believed to be between £200,000 to £400,000 – which go to the Hillsborough Family Support Group.

Football: Suarez, the biter

                                               Preparing to lunge? Suarez grabs Ivanovic's arm before appearing to bite it

The controversial forward,Luiz Suarez once more attracted the headlines for all the wrong reasons after appearing to bite Ivanovic midway through the second half of Liverpool's clash with Chelsea, an incident the FA say they are to review.

That the 26-year-old scored a late leveller to ensure the Merseyside club escaped with a 2-2 draw against the Champions League chasers at Anfield is very much an afterthought.

Former Liverpool player and manager Graeme Souness labelled Luis Suarez's apparent bite on Branislav Ivanovic as 'embarrassing' and believes the Uruguayan is now in the 'last chance saloon' as a Reds player

'People will be talking about this for a long, long time and it's going to show Liverpool in a very bad light - especially in this week of all weeks, anniversary of Hillsborough,' 

'If you look at Suarez's track record in the past, his incident with Patrice Evra, this is not the first time he has bitten someone in a football match.

'It can't happen again.

'I firmly believe this puts him in the last chance saloon as a Liverpool player - the board have to see it that way because they're risking everything this great football club stands for.' Souness said.

Michael Owen to retire from football at the end of the season

Michael Owen has announced that he will be retiring from football at the end of the season.

The former Liverpool, Real Madrid, Manchester United and England striker, who also played for Newcastle United and currently plays for Stoke City, released a statement on his website, announcing the decision, saying that he feels "now it is the right time to bring the curtain down on my career.""It is with an immense amount of pride that I am announcing my intention to retire from Professional Football at the end of this season," read the statement from the 33-year-old.

"Having progressed through the ranks at Liverpool to make my first team debut at 17, before embarking upon spells at Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, not to mention representing my country on 89 occasions, I now feel it is the right time to bring the curtain down on my career."I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey that like many young players starting out, I could only have dreamt of," he added. "None of this would have been possible without the tremendous support I have received from managers, coaches, fellow players, back room staff, the supporters and my own personal sponsors."I would like to thank each and every one for the huge role they have played in helping me reach the top of my profession. Most of all though, I would like to thank my family."

Tributes for Owen – who will probably be best remembered for his goal against Argentina in 1998 World Cup and his hat-trick against Germany in the famous 5-1 victory in Munich – have already started to pour in with his Stoke team-mate Charlie Adam tweeting: "Just seen the news @themichaelowen to retire. What a top player and also a top guy. Pleasure to say played in same team. #finendandy."Owen, who has been dogged by injury in the latter stages of his career, has found opportunities very difficult to come by at the Britannia Stadium of late.