FIFA World Best Player 2018: Suarez reacts to Messi’s omission

Barcelona striker, Luiz Suarez, has finally reacted to fellow
teammate, Lionel Messi's omission from the final shortlist for this
year's FIFA Best Men's Player of the Year.

Recall that Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah made the
final three for 2018 FIFA's Best Men's Player of the Year award.

Ronaldo and Modric both helped Real Madrid to Champions League glory,
before the Portugal captain moved to Juventus this summer.

Salah scored 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool last term, as
they reached the Champions League final.

Suarez, however, believes that the Argentine captain is more focused
on helping the Catalan club to win more trophies on the pitch this
season and not on the world's biggest individual award.

"I don't think that any award [Messi] does or doesn't win takes
anything away from what he has won and what he keeps on achieving,"
Suarez told ESPN.

"It's just like when I was scoring goals and deserved [to win] things,
I was above all that.

"You prove yourself by working hard, with what you do in every game.

"The prizes that are worth more are the ones you win on the pitch.

"An example of that is being top scorer: no one can take that away
from you because you won it with the goals you scored, proving
yourself on the pitch, not because of a vote by players and
journalists."

The award will be held on 24 September 2018.