THE PFA player and young player of the year were announced on Sunday, with Luis Suarez taking the top prize and Eden Hazard winning the young player award. But should we be celebrating the achievements of players who kick and bite people? Not to mention racially abuse opposition players.

Both players had stellar seasons and deservedly won their respective awards but it seems that their past misdemeanours have been completely ignored.

Players deserve the chance to put their past behind them but where do we draw the line?

Suarez was banned for 10 games when he bit Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic last season and, while in Holland, he was banned for seven games when he bit PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal. 

The 27-year-old has also been banned for racially abusing another player when in 2011, he called Manchester United defender Patrice Evra a “negro” at least 10 times, something he admitted to but never apologised for.

When Liverpool and Manchester United played the following season, the Uruguayan didn’t even have the decency to shake Evra’s hand. And yet the Frenchman voted for him to win player of the season. Has all been forgotten between the two?

Twelve months ago, Suarez was one of the most hated players in the country with the media saying he should be kicked out of the game and sent to another country to continue playing.

But after scoring 30 goals so far this season, it seems all has been forgotten. It seems that as long as you entertain the masses, your slate will be wiped clean.

Suarez is trying to redeem himself in the eyes of the public. This week he took a selfie with team-mate Philipe Coutinho with both players eating a banana in support of Dani Alves but perhaps he should start by apologising to Evra before he he says no to racism. 

West Ham striker Carlton Cole took to Twitter yesterday morning to congratulate the NBA for banning Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life after his racist comments. But both Suarez and John Terry were hit with bans and a fine and been have allowed to continue plying their trade in the top division.

Terry resigned from the England captaincy and retired from international football when an independent Premier League panel found him guilty of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. 

But with a lack of top centre-backs leading up to the World Cup, it seems some people want him back in the side.

How can we as a country be led by a player who may have been found not guilty in the eyes of the law but guilty in the eyes of the league?

Hazard doesn’t have as long a rap sheet as the Liverpool and Chelsea stars but kicking ball boys shouldn’t be rewarded with personal accolades. 

That’s not to say that the trio never deserve to ever win anything, but let’s not ignore the kind of people that they are.