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Liverpool ready to fight FIFA over
Suarez
ESPN staff
FIFA bans Luis Suarez for 9 games and 4
months
Liverpool are considering legal action against
FIFA after Luis Suarez was hit with a wide-
ranging four-month ban from football for
biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the
World Cup.
The Uruguay striker has left Brazil after world
game's governing body also suspended him
for nine international matches and fined him
£66,000, but Liverpool have been angered
about how the tough punishment impacts on
them with their striker prohibited from "any
football-related activity" until the end of
October.
Suarez and Uruguay - who beat Italy 1-0 to
reach the knockout stages - will appeal
against the decision and the country's FA has
indicated it is prepared to take the case to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Liverpool are also taking specialist legal
advice over the global ban, which excludes
him from training with them or anyone else
and from going to any stadium but does not
prevent him being transferred to another club.
The club view the incident and punishment as
unprecedented and have been left in an
difficult position. Liverpool have supported
Suarez during previous problems and relying
heavily on him last season as he earned PFA
and FWA player of the year awards and was
the Premier League's top scorer with 31 goals.
The player's lawyer, Alejandro Balbi said that
he will meet with legal representatives from
the Merseyside club on Friday. "We will meet
in Barcelona with Liverpool's lawyers,'' he told
Cadena Cope.
Interestingly, Balbi also claimed Pere
Guardiola, the agent brother of former
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, will also be
present at the meeting - something which will
fuel claims Suarez could be set to move to
Barcelona, who have been strongly linked with
signing him this summer.
"Tomorrow we will talk with Pere Guardiola,''
Balbi added when asked about a potential
move for Suarez from Liverpool to Barcelona.
FIFA's decision means it is the third time
Suarez has been sanctioned for biting
opponents with the two previous offences
occurring in club football. He was banned for
10 matches in 2013 for biting Chelsea's
Branislav Ivanovic and in 2010 he was given a
seven-game ban while playing for Ajax for
biting PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal.
He also served an eight-match ban for racially
abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra
three years ago.
Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre said on
Thursday that Liverpool will wait to read a full
report from FIFA before ultimately deciding
what to do next.
But The Times claims Liverpool are furious
with the decision to punish Suarez at club
level for an incident which occurred during an
international competition as they had released
him to play for his country. Liverpool may
argue that Suarez is registered to the FA and
appealing against the decision through them
could be one avenue.
If the punishments stand, Suarez will miss
their first nine Premier League games as well
as their first three Champions League
matches.
President of the Uruguay FA Wilmar Valdez
said of the ban: "We are preparing our appeal
now, we have three days to do it.
"It is an excessive decision and there was not
enough evidence and I have seen more
aggressive incidents recently. It is a severe
punishment. I don't know exactly which
arguments they used but it is a tough
punishment for Suarez. It's feels like Uruguay
has been thrown out of the World Cup."
Meanwhile, 888poker has announced that it
has ended its relationship with Suarez
following the Chiellini incident.
A statement read: "888poker signed Luis
Suarez following a fantastic season for which
his achievements were widely recognized.
Regrettably, following his actions during
Uruguay's World Cup match against Italy on
Tuesday, 888poker has decided to terminate
its relationship with Luis Suarez with
immediate effect."



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** Liverpool is finished if Suarez depart Anfield.