Luis Suarez banned from "all football activity" for four months

We won't be seeing Suarez again for a very long time

Uruguay and Liverpool both rocked by FIFA punishment which leaves them without world-class striker until October.

Luis Suarez has been banned from all football activity for the next four months as punishment for his bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini. 

As well as missing the end of the World Cup, Suarez will also be absent from the first nine matches of Liverpool's Premier League season. 

The 27-year-old has also been ruled out of Uruguay's next nine competitive international matches, the first of which comes on Saturday night against Colombia. 

Beyond just missing time on the pitch, Suarez is "prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban".

Fifa's punishment has seen big swings in markets containing both Uruguay and Liverpool, with both sides shorn of their main attacking talent. 

At 50.049/1 to back, Uruguay are out among the also-rans in betting on the World Cup winner, having sat around the 30.029/1 mark after beating Italy and trading at a low of 20.019/1 in the market. Heading into the last-16 matches, nine teams can be backed at shorter prices to win the World Cup.  

Liverpool, too, have drifted in betting on the 2014/15 Premier League title. Once backed at a low of 3.55/2 the Anfield side are 10.5n/a fourth favourites to finish top of the pile next season. 

Although banned from all football activity, Suarez could still be transferred during his ban which means that when we next see him on a football pitch it could be in the white of Real Madrid.