Liverpool's 5 most controversial players of all time

It seems that the club has a strong affinity to the bad boysof the game. Be it personal behavioural issuesor the on-field antics,they arestirring up a controversy everywhere and every time.With Mario Balotelli joiningthe Anfield based club he seems to be replacing Luis Suarez as far as the controversies part isconcerned. He has had a fair share of media coveragefor his antics in the past whether it be for gate crashing an Inter Milan press conference inan AC Milan shirt or fighting with his team mates for taking a free kick inamatch duringhis stint withManchester City.Liverpool fans are sure to be left cringing onhis actions,but it seems that the fans have experienced such things in the past with club having attracted such players in the past.Here are the 5 most controversial players that have donned the famous red jersey of Merseyside.

#1 Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez is one of the best striker in the world right now scoring 31 goals in 33 games last season for Liverpool in the league. He went on win PFA Player of the Year Award and Football Association Writers Player of the Year Award.

Although, his name will always be remembered for his deeds off the ball.

The 2011-12 season was marked by an incident in which Suárez was found guilty by a three-man panel from the FA of racially abusing Patrice Evra during a game against Manchester United in October; he was given an eight-game suspension and a £40,000 fine.

In April 2013, during a Premier League game at Anfield against Chelsea. Suárez bit Branislav Ivanovi in the penalty box but the incident was not noticed by the officials and game went on.Later, he was charged with violent conduct by the FA and fined an undisclosed sum by his club and a 10 match ban.

For Uruguay's final group game against Italy in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup.Around at the 79th minute Suárez lunged at Chiellini and bit his shoulder (Chiellini showed bite marks), followed by Suárez falling and clutching his face. He went on to play the game due to refree not noticing the incident but FIFA Disciplinary Committee found him guilty and banned him from taking part in any football-related activivity for four months and fined CHF100,000 .

Earlier this year, he left for FC Barcelona for a record £75m fee.