Revista: Luis Suarez is too nervous to do himself justice at Barcelona, says Albert Ferrer

Former Chelsea and Barcelona defender Albert Ferrer has said that Luis Suarez is struggling to adapt to life in La Liga.

Suarez has scored just two goals in 11 La Liga appearances for Barcelona and looked a man short on confidence in the 4-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna, snatching at two great chances to score.

Only three forward signings in the last 50 years at Barca took longer than Suarez to score - the club's €81million man didn’t find the net in Spain until his eighth La Liga game.

When analysing Suarez’s performance against Deportivo on Revista de la Liga, Ferrer pointed out that the striker is almost trying too hard to impress and needs to relax when in the final third.

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“Luiz Suarez is a bit nervous of his situation,” he said.

“I think he has realised that he’s come from a team where he was the star and he’s not anymore, so he has to cope with that. You can see from the pictures that he’s still a little bit nervous.

“He’s realising that Barcelona play very accurate passes in the final third which are very quick and with precision. He is trying to do the same instead of having a bit of calmness. He needs some more time to settle down to do things better.”

Suarez has already admitted this season that he’s had to adapt his game, saying: “The defenders are big and strong (in the Premier League)… I was used to them. Here they are more skilful, they complement each other and play tighter together.”

Ferrer thinks this difference in the defensive culture between the Premier League and La Liga is one of the main reasons the former Liverpool man is struggling to find his form.

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“Barcelona play with very tight spaces, at Liverpool he had more spaces to run,” he said. 

“At Barcelona you have seven players of the opposition around you defending and you have to be very accurate. He’s still adapting.

“Some of the things he does OK. His movements are fantastic. The only thing he isn’t doing right is in the last position – he’s doing things too quick. He needs to calm down, take his time and take an extra touch.”