Fifa’s Valcke says biter Suarez needs to seek treatment

Fifa chief Jerome Valcke has claimed Liverpool are not being punished by the four-month worldwide ban imposed on Luis Suarez for biting and told the striker to seek treatment for his behaviour.

Suarez’s ban for biting an opponent while playing at the World Cup for Uruguay means he would miss 13 matches for Liverpool between the start of the season and the end of October. He is also banned for nine international games and has been fined €82,000.

Suarez’s lawyer has described the sanctions as “grotesque and absurd” and that “all that was missing was life imprisonment”.