It's time to forget my mistake - Suarez

Luis Suarez was thrilled to have trained with his new Barcelona
team-mates for the first time on Friday and says it is time to forget
the past two months.

On Thursday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport decreed that Suarez's
four-month ban from all football-based activity should not exclude him
from training.

Fifa hit Uruguay star Suarez was hit with the sanction after he bit
Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup - the third time
he has been found guilty of such an offence.

The striker - who joined Barca from Liverpool for a reported EURO 88
million (£75m) last month - joined in training with the rest of the
Spanish giants' squad on Friday, and could make his debut for the club
in Monday's friendly against Club Leon at Camp Nou.

And even though he cannot play competitively until late October - with
his first appearance potentially set to be against Real Madrid - the
27-year-old expressed his delight at being able to practice with his
team-mates.

"I'm very happy to return to playing football and to be with my
peers," Suarez told Barca's official website.

"It was a situation that made me uncomfortable. I'm paying for a
mistake I made and have already apologised, but this should be
forgotten.

"We must think about the future - [which] is to be at Barcelona, the
club where I had dreamed of playing.

"I am very grateful to the club for all they have done for me in the
last weeks and days. They have treated me very well and I appreciate
that."