Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier has sympathy for his old club over the Luis Suarez controversy.
Houllier feels for Liverpool after Suarez' four-month ban for biting.
Houllier, who is the head of FIFA's technical study group, told a news briefing in Rio de Janeiro: "I feel sorry for what happened, I felt for my Liverpool friends.
"He's such an outstanding talent that could have been player of the tournament, the way things had been going, simple as that.
"When Uruguay played the match against Colombia I think they were under the shock [of the ban]. They played four games and won two with Suarez and they lost two without him.
"You don't like to see an outstanding talent out of football for so long.
"He made a mistake, he will agree with that and even apologised and now we just have to wait until he comes back."
