Liverpool's Luis Suarez Hit With EIGHT-Match Ban And £40,000 For Racially Abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra
Luis Suarez was given an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, sparking a furious response by Liverpool to the FA’s ruling.
An FA statement said the 24-year-old Uruguay striker had used words that ‘included a reference to Mr Evra’s colour’ when United and Liverpool met at Anfield on October 15, which amounts to a serious breach of the governing body’s rules.
After having spent a further four days considering evidence from last week’s disciplinary hearing, the three-man Independent Regulatory Commission also fined Suarez £40,000.
Liverpool were quick to condemn the verdict, attacking the FA’s process and suggesting they had decided Suarez was guilty before hearing his side of the story.
The club issued a statement shortly after the ruling was made public on the FA’s website. It read: ‘It appears to us that the FA were determined to bring charges against Luis Suarez, even before interviewing him.’
The statement went on to call for Evra to be investigated for abusive comments directed at Suarez.
The Liverpool striker must now wait for the written reasons from commission member Paul Goulding QC — which will be made available to the public — after which he will have 14 days to appeal. He is expected to do so given his consistent pleas of innocence and the tone of Liverpool’s statement.
But if he chooses not to the suspension would begin immediately. The controversial Suarez would risk the ban being increased if he did appeal, at a time when he also facing a separate charge regarding a one-fingered salute at Fulham fans.
In a statement released shortly after 8pm, the FA said: ‘An Independent Regulatory Commission has found a charge of misconduct against Luis Suarez proven, and have issued a suspension for a period of eight matches as well as fining him £40,000, pending appeal.’
An FA statement said the 24-year-old Uruguay striker had used words that ‘included a reference to Mr Evra’s colour’ when United and Liverpool met at Anfield on October 15, which amounts to a serious breach of the governing body’s rules.
After having spent a further four days considering evidence from last week’s disciplinary hearing, the three-man Independent Regulatory Commission also fined Suarez £40,000.
Liverpool were quick to condemn the verdict, attacking the FA’s process and suggesting they had decided Suarez was guilty before hearing his side of the story.
The club issued a statement shortly after the ruling was made public on the FA’s website. It read: ‘It appears to us that the FA were determined to bring charges against Luis Suarez, even before interviewing him.’
The statement went on to call for Evra to be investigated for abusive comments directed at Suarez.
The Liverpool striker must now wait for the written reasons from commission member Paul Goulding QC — which will be made available to the public — after which he will have 14 days to appeal. He is expected to do so given his consistent pleas of innocence and the tone of Liverpool’s statement.
But if he chooses not to the suspension would begin immediately. The controversial Suarez would risk the ban being increased if he did appeal, at a time when he also facing a separate charge regarding a one-fingered salute at Fulham fans.
In a statement released shortly after 8pm, the FA said: ‘An Independent Regulatory Commission has found a charge of misconduct against Luis Suarez proven, and have issued a suspension for a period of eight matches as well as fining him £40,000, pending appeal.’
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