by Our Sports Desk

RACIST Uruguayan Luis Suarez was banned from football for the next four months yesterday after biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.

Fifa slapped the striker with their harshest-ever World Cup penalty after he sunk his teeth into the third player of his professional career during Uruguay’s 1-0 win over Italy on Tuesday.

He was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs (£66,000).

The sanctions include a nine-match international suspension and four months blocked out of “any kind of football-related activity.”

It means last season’s Premier League top scorer will be banned from training with Liverpool or entering any stadium.

But the Reds could still choose to offload the problematic forward, who has been consistently linked with a move to Real Madrid and Barcelona despite signing a contract in December that would see him stay on Merseyside until at least 2018.

The earliest time he could appear for the Reds would be the League Cup fourth round at the end of October — if they win their third-round tie.

Suarez was hit with a seven-game ban for biting Ottman Bakkal while playing for Ajax in 2010 and given 10 matches for gnawing on Branislav Ivanovic during a 2-2 draw against Chelsea last year.

The Uruguayan was also ordered to sit out eight games and fined £40,000 in 2011 for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Announcing the verdict yesterday, Fifa disciplinary committee chairman Claudio Sulser said: “Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and, in particular, not at a Fifa World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field.”

Italy were left fuming after going on to lose the game 1-0, with Diego Godin scoring while the Azzuri were still remonstrating with the referee who hadn’t seen the bite.

Suarez could appeal the ban, but he’ll definitely play no further role in Brazil as the appeal procedures rumble on.

Liverpool said it would take time to review the disciplinary committee report before making any comment.

Uruguay manager Oscar Tabarez had claimed the whole biting incident was a conspiracy against Suarez led by the British media.

Suarez himself said after the game: “These are just things that happen out on the pitch. It was just the two of us inside the area and he bumped into me with his shoulder.”