Manchester United defender Guillermo Varela has criticised Eintracht Frankfurt after being suspended for going against club orders by getting a tattoo before the German Cup final.

Varela is frustrated at not being able to join his team-mates for Saturday's showpiece against Borussia Dortmund having been banned by the club over his new artwork.

The Uruguayan right-back has described his new tattoo as 'not very big', but it was sufficient enough to anger Frankfurt officials who had warned him specifically against having it done.

Guillermo Varela has been banned by Eintracht Frankfurt after his tattoo got infected

The controversial tattoo of La Catrina led to Varela's suspension from the Bundesliga club

Varela has been suspended and told to return to Manchester after his arm suffered an inflammation, ruling him out of the season finale at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

But it would appear that the 24-year-old is not going quietly, after he accepted an interview with Munich-based paper Suddeutsche Zeitung.

Varela said: 'My name is polluted. I wonder what Real Madrid should do with Sergio Ramos, who is tattooing every week.

'I cannot explain why I'm being so severely punished, and I'm not the only Eintracht professional to get a tattoo before the final, but only I was nailed to the cross for going against the manager.

The defender, who is on loan from Manchester United, is unfit for the German Cup final

The Uruguayan has previously posted snaps of his tattoos on Instagram for his followers

Varela has played four times in the Premier League for United since joining in 2013

'Before the 2016 FA Cup final [against Crystal Palace], we went out with several players and got a tattoo, and then we won. Now I wanted to repeat that because it brought us so much luck with Manchester.'

Varela, who joined United in 2013, had an angel inked onto him last year prior to the Wembley showdown, and this year he opted for an image of La Catrina, a painted woman's face and motif from Mexico's 'Day of the Dead' tradition.

The Uruguayan has only made 10 appearances in all competitions for the Bundesliga side since joining them on a year-long loan last summer.

He had featured in the past five league and cup games, meaning a start against Dortmund would have been likely.

The 24-year-old was the first signing of ex-manager David Moyes and has had two loan spells

Varela has been on loan at the German side all season, but injuries have hampered his year

Varela's quotes come after Frankfurt's sporting director Fredi Bobic had explained the reasons for his ban earlier this week.

'The club cannot tolerate that a player would defy instructions. He hurt the team,' said Bobic.

'There was redness around where he had the tattoo, and blisters formed meaning he was unable to train. We'd been thinking about a loan extension. But that won't happen. He'll be suspended with immediate effect.'

Former Eintracht Frankfurt player and manager Rudi Bommer told BBC World Service that Varela's actions were 'unprofessional and embarrassing'.

Bommer added: 'I am struggling to make any sense of it, I am struggling to believe it. You're a professional and you know the cup final is happening.

'I cannot understand his decision-making at all but I can understand [manager] Niko Kovac's decision to suspend him.'

Frankfurt have suspended the player, and are now unlikely to extend his loan spell