Barcelona and Uruguay star striker Luis Suarez has been honoured with a
statue in his Uruguayan hometown, but his fans have blasted the
sculptor Alberto Morales Saravia, calling the statue a very ugly’
version of the footballer.
The sculptor admitted even
before the job was unveiled that he’d never met the former
Liverpool striker and was working from photos he had found of him on the
internet.
before the job was unveiled that he’d never met the former
Liverpool striker and was working from photos he had found of him on the
internet.
Fans have even compared it to the statue monstrosity built for Lionel Messi in Argentina.
Saravia explained during the planning process to meida houses in Uruguay
: “What I am doing is very difficult. I’m doing it by looking at
photos.”
: “What I am doing is very difficult. I’m doing it by looking at
photos.”
Credit to Linda Ikeji
