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Liverpool FC can no longer trust Luis Suarez .

And that’s why they should sell the controversial striker this summer.

Suarez has done this to himself. Nobody else is to blame.

To think it had been dubbed a year of redemption for Suarez. He had been extremely well behaved, played brilliantly and fully deserved his Player of the Year awards.

But the Uruguayan is now likely to receive a lengthy ban for his outrageous bite on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on Tuesday.

There has been a suggestion Suarez could also be suspended from club football, but how would that work?

Liverpool would surely go straight to the courts to appeal.

In any case, I’d be very surprised if Suarez is still at Anfield come the start of the season.

They just cannot trust him.

Liverpool stood by Suarez after the Branislav Ivanovic bite scandal and got their rewards.

But it’s more than likely the forward will do the same to somebody else somewhere along the line.

No matter how well Suarez plays, how many goals he scores, how many assists he has, it’s going to come at a price.

It was eight games for his bite in Holland. Ten for Ivanovic. How many will it be next time? Half a season? He’s no use to anyone when suspended for that many games, especially at more than £150,000 a week.

Liverpool can no longer run the risk of that happening while Suarez is their player.

The irony is that if he is given a two-year ban from internationals, Suarez will become even more of an asset wherever he plays because he won’t be jetting back and forth to South American to represent his country.

Liverpool may want to consider that as a bargaining tool when, as they surely will, Real Madrid and Barcelona come calling.

I can see Liverpool doing a deal, certainly if they can swap players as part of the transfer.

Why does he do it? Who knows. It could be linking to something that happened as a child.

But Suarez clearly needs help. That he bit Chiellini when Uruguay were seemingly heading out of the World Cup suggests it is borne of frustration.

In truth, it would be understandable for a player in that situation to clatter someone.

But to bite someone? I just don’t get it.

I was watching the Italy-Uruguay game in the media centre in Cuiaba and the Colombian and Japanese journalists roared when it became obvious what had happened.

Later that night, I watched Brazil’s main television station Globo and they absolutely mullered him, made fun of him, the horse’s teeth, the whole nine yards.

I couldn’t understand a word they were saying but could clearly see the point they were trying to make.

The Brazilians were loving it because, if their team came up against Uruguay later in the tournament, they knew Suarez wouldn’t be playing.

Suarez will play for Uruguay again at some point. But Liverpool? I doubt it.

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Plenty of issues to resolve

So ends England's worst ever World Cup finals performance.

In all honesty, I thought they would do much better.But where do they go from here?

England need to decide how they are going to play. They tried to play with two in central midfield but it was obvious they were forever being outnumbered in the engine room.

Roy Hodgson got it wrong.

There was just no fluency to their play. Gambling on an interchangeable front four is great when you are going forward, but when you are on the backfoot – which happens in every big game – England were often all over the place.

England were decent when they had the ball. Without the ball, though, they are very ordinary.

It used to be the other way around. And the results reflect there are problems that need addressing.

* IT seems a bit silly to declare a player who cost more than £35million as the breakout star of this World Cup. But there's no doubt Colombia's James Rodriguez has proven the revelation of the tournament.

Rodriguez moved to Monaco 12 months ago from Porto for mega-money, but because he joined at the same time as compatriot Radamel Falcao he slipped under the radar somewhat.

Not anymore, with three goals and two assists so far in Brazil.

While football aficionados will have previously been aware of Rodriguez, for most fans this is the first they have seen of him.

Even without the injured Falcao, Colombia have real strength in depth. They made eight changes against Japan but it made no difference to their attacking play.

Colombia also have incredible support. Believe me, the Colombia fans are everywhere.

Because their team keeps winning, the fans keep partying. And they have one song which I swear I must have heard about 78,000 times already.

I suspect I'll be hearing it a bit more before the tournament finishes.

Here's a round-up of all our Luis Suarez coverage so far:

Liverpool FC striker Luis Suarez - all his headline grabbing news on the front and back pages during his time at Anfield

Joey Barton: Luis Suarez is a winner - and bite storm is not the end of the world

Watch: Liverpool shoppers have their say on Luis Suarez amid FIFA bite probe

Luis Suarez bite: how long could he be banned for?

Suarez bite: The six (other) most shocking moments from World Cup history

LFC could sue Suarez for breach of contract, says lawyer

Winners and losers in the latest Luis Suarez bite shame

Luis Suarez bite: How Liverpool head teacher will ensure her pupils don't copy their idol

Luis Suarez: Why would a grown man bite someone? A psychologist explains

Fowler: Suarez has dragged Reds' name through the mud

Luis Suarez: should Liverpool sell him after latest bite?

Luis Suarez 'bites' Giorgio Chiellini - how the world reacted

The Luis Suarez bite: What do the papers say?

Luis Suarez 'bite': FIFA begin disciplinary proceedings against striker

Suarez plays downs claims he bit Giorgio Chiellini but likely to face hefty international ban

James Pearce comment: Suarez a deeply flawed genius in need of help

Suarez needs help according to Everton boss Roberto Martinez

Luis Suarez's 12 most controversial career moments

FIFA will throw book at Suarez says Liverpool legend Jan Molby

Suarez focuses on next opponent as he swerves bite controversy in post-match interview

FIFA has announced it will investigate Suarez incident as Chiellini hits out

Re-read: Luis Suarez in new 'bite' storm at World Cup - latest reaction

Watch: Luis Suarez could face FIFA ban after appearing to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini