Top 5 South Americans to have played in the Premier League

#3 Luis Suárez - Liverpool (2011 to 2014) and Uruguay

The Pistol was a marksman who scared the league's defenders

El Pistolero (The Pistol) had a very eventful stay in the Premier League and it was with a mix of sadness and relief that greeted his eventual move to FC Barcelona in the summer of 2014.

Opposing fans especially those who identify with the red part of Manchester will readily point towards the alleged racist incident with Patrice Evra which led to him being banned for 8 games or the biting incident with Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic in 2013, an incident that got him banned for 10 games.

Put these two unfortunate incidents and the many accusations of diving aside and what you get is a supremely gifted individual who was, without doubt, one of the most exciting players to ever grace the league.

A brilliant player whose edge-of-the-seat style always kept viewers enraptured, he made the sublime look ordinary and scored goals that defied description.

The central catalyst in Liverpool’s ultimately doomed title chase in 2014, the Uruguayan was incredibly popular with the Kop and was the nightmare of Premier League defenders with his dribbling and elusiveness.

With a work rate matched by a prodigious delivery rate in terms of goals and assists; the Uruguayan marksman got 69 goals and 43 assists in just 110 league matches.