Previous record can be used against Luis

Luis Suarez’s previous record for biting may be used in evidence when disciplinary chiefs consider the case against him for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini, Fifa has confirmed.

Suarez’s lawyer Alejandro Balbi, who is also a Uruguay FA board member, has travelled to Rio de Janeiro to defend the Liverpool striker and has suggested there is a European campaign against him led by England and Italy.

The Uruguay and Liverpool forward should find out by late this evening what punishment he will serve for allegedly biting into the left shoulder of Chiellini.