Liverpool have fined Luis Suarez for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic but insist the striker still has a future at the club.
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Suarez, 26, bit Ivanovic's arm during his team's 2-2 draw against Chelsea .
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Asked if the incident would affect the player's time at the club, Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said: "Not at all.
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"What Luis Suarez did has absolutely no place in football and he is going to get - and deserves - an extremely lengthy ban.
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"You cannot bite people anywhere, let alone on a football field. It is the type of thing you do when you are a baby. He's a world-class player but he gives you world-class trouble."
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"It affects his future in the sense that we have to work with him on his discipline."
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The Football Association will review the match official's report into the game and incident before deciding what course of action to take.
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However, Ayre said he has spoken to the club's owners concerning the controversy and added: "Luis is a very important player to the club.
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"As we keep saying, he signed a new four-year contract last summer and we'd all love to see him here throughout that contract.
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"He's a fantastic player, top scorer and everything we'd want in a striker, so there's no change there.
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"This is more about getting him back on the right track and it's largely down to [Liverpool manager] Brendan [Rodgers] now to work with him on that side of his character."
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Merseyside police say they will not take any action against Suarez, with Ivanovic not reporting any physical injury and telling officers he did not want to pursue the matter.