Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy feels the ten-match ban for Luis Suarez was "harsh".

Murphy says it will be the Reds fans who will ultimately suffer.

"It's unacceptable what he did but, for me, the ten games is a bit harsh," the midfielder, currently at Blackburn, told talkSPORT.

"I was talking to a mate of mine who doesn't earn too much money doing what he does and spends every penny on his season ticket and they [the supporters] are the ones that suffer really.

"I still find it difficult to comprehend why there are restrictions on being able to fine players. Give them bigger fines because, when I've been around players who have done things that are wrong the past, it hurts the most when they get hit in the pocket.

"If you can fine players five, six weeks wages, I'm telling you that is going to make a difference. Of course he should have been banned, there's no way you can argue that, but ten games for me is harsh. That is punishing a lot of other people involved, those fans that pay a lot of money to go and watch."