Giorgio Chiellini: 'I have no problem with Luis Suarez'

Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has revealed that he has no qualms over shaking hands with Luis Suarez before next weekend's Champions League final.

Suarez was handed a four-month ban from all football activity last year for biting Chiellini during a World Cup group game.

Despite the controversy surrounding the incident, the Italian insists that he has no issue with Barcelona star Suarez ahead of their first meeting since that high-profile bite.

"Of course I will shake hands," he is quoted as saying by The Guardian. "I'll hug him happily, too, there's no problem at all. Those who know me even a bit know that's how I truly feel.

"I have no problem with him and I think it's the same for him. I have to think about him as a player, how he moves, his great skill but nothing more."

Patrice Evra, a teammate of Chiellini, refused to shake Suarez's hand after he was racially abused by the Uruguayan.