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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In an interview with CNN, FC Barcelona president&amp;nbsp;Josep Maria Bartomeu said&amp;nbsp;Luis Suarez's contract does not contain a \"no biting\" clause.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Uruguay forward&amp;nbsp;was suspended&amp;nbsp;after biting&amp;nbsp;Italy's Giorgio Chiellini&amp;nbsp;during a 2014&amp;nbsp;FIFA&amp;nbsp;World Cup match.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From CNN.com:\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"We didn't rethink the decision [to sign him] and we told Luis after the bite. He knows he did wrong. He apologised. That's very important for us.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"That means he knows that he did not do things properly -- and of course, coming to our city, coming to our club, there's going to be a way of managing Luis Suarez, because at Liverpool he was a perfect player. Liverpool fans can tell it, supporters can tell it.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suarez's appeal of his four-month ban from \"football-related\" activities has been set for Aug. 8.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barcelona's first La Liga match&amp;nbsp;is scheduled for Aug. 24. If Suarez does not win the appeal, he will not be able to play for the club until late October.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After the incident,&amp;nbsp;Chiellini&amp;nbsp;said&amp;nbsp;he thought the striker's punishment was \"excessive.\" Suarez&amp;nbsp;later apologized&amp;nbsp;to the Italian and promised he would not be involved in a similar incident again.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suarez was also banned from playing in nine international matches and was fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($110,400\u200B).\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More:&amp;nbsp;Transfer Tracker: The major moves across Europe\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Sarah Barshop&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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