Dita's Slot Meter wrote:
Fair enough having an opinion, but is it that wise to come out with it, just weeks after your employer has had to carry out a huge PR exercise, trying to distance themselves from those very views?
As for the handshake and whether Evra was that keen to 'make up' with Suarez??....Well, considering it was Suarez who was the guilty party in this whole episode and Evra the offended upon, I'd be very surprised if Evra didn't harbourd a little resentment to the Uraguayan, and wouldn't expect a beaming smile and a lustily offered hand on his behalf.
Also, considering Suarez came out and admitted his refusal to shake, I'd say that Johnson's story is just a little far-fetched??
He probably shouldn't have said anything, but if you read the way the quotes are, it seems he's been answering questions more than in the sense of 'coming out and declaring whatever'. If I was him, I'd have just said 'I think everything on our side's been said, just get over it', but he obviously wanted to share his view on it, which I feel is completely up to him, considering he's come in for huge flack for siding with Suarez, he probably feels like he should air his views on it
I don't know how you can say Johnson's story is a little far-fetched, just watch the video, Evra's hand clearly isn't out to be shaken, he feels he put it down because he didn't want to shake his hand, if you think that's far-fetched, whatever, but I don't think it's too ludicrous to think that Evra's hand being lowered is because he didn't want to shake his hand, which is what Johnson says. Furthermore, Glen doesn't deny Suarez refusing to shake, Glen says he wouldn't have shook Evra's hand either if it was down by his side, which again is a fair point. He was wrong to say "Evra was up all night...etc".
