Liverpool striker Luis Suarez will appeal against his Football Association punishment for racially abusing Patrice Evra, according to his lawyer.
Alejandro Balbi, who is also Suarez’s agent, said his player was “convinced” the punishment would be reversed.
Suarez was handed an eight-game ban and £40,000 fine after he used “insulting words in reference to Manchester United defender Evra’s colour”.
“It seems to us absolutely out of proportion,” Balbi said.
“He [Suarez] is firmly convinced this hard sanction can be reversed.”
Speaking at a news conference in Uruguay capital Montevideo, Balbi said that it would be Liverpool’s lawyers who made the appeal to the FA.
Suarez, who denied the allegations, has 14 days to launch his appeal against the decision. Should he do so, there is a possibility length of the ban could be increased.
SOURCE: BBC Sport
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