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Diego Maradona has hit out at the fourth-month ban handed down to Luis Suarez by Fifa.

The Argentinian football legend appeared on the De Zurda TV show, broadcast from Rio, wearing a t-shirt with a message on it which read "Luisito Estamos Con Vos", which translates as "Luis we are with you".

"Why? Who is killed? This is football, this is friction," Maradona is reported to have said, before joking: "Why not send him to Guantanamo?"

Watch: Liverpool reacts to Luis Suarez's four-month ban

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According to Uruguayan journalist Martin Charquero, Maradona - no stranger to controversy himself during a glittering playing career which included his infamous "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986 - has also claimed Suarez has been "crucified" by Fifa.

The Liverpool striker has been banned from all football-related activity for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match in Natal on Tuesday. He was also fined 100,000 Swiss francs and suspended for nine internationals.

He will not be eligible to play for the Reds until November but the Anfield club are prepared to keep him.

Watch: James Pearce on the Luis Suarez ban

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