Bite Ban: Luis Suarez free to undertake medical for any transfer - FIFA

Luis Suárez would be allowed to have a medical before a transfer under the terms of his four-month ban for biting, Fifa’s disciplinary chief has confirmed.

The Liverpool striker has been banned from all football-related activities including from stadiums, but it will not prevent him moving clubs if a transfer deal is agreed. Barcelona are in negotiations about signing the Uruguay striker.

Claudio Sulser, the head of Fifa’s disciplinary committee, said: “The player cannot have any activity related to football, but a medical examination for a transfer yes – the sanction is not linked to transfer rights.”

Sulser added that the Suárez bite was “a very severe case” but that the sanctions – which also included a nine-match international ban and a £66,000 fine – were not to set an example, but for “justice”.

Sulser said: “This is still an ongoing case and an appeal has been filed, so I prefer not to give my opinion.

“When the committee was analysing this case, one thing I mentioned in my capacity as the chairman is we don’t need to impose an exemplary sanction, we need to have justice and reached the sanction in a very severe case.”

Suárez has appealed against the ban imposed for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini.