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Darwin Nunez has been asked to serve a three-game ban.

The Uruguayan striker has not had the best of seasons in a Liverpool shirt.

Liverpool coach Arne Slot is expected to tweak his current squad a bit in the summer, and Darwin Nunez is expected to be one of the likely casualties.

The 25-year-old has seen his place as Liverpool No.

9 taken over by Luis Diaz, who Slot has elected to play through the middle despite being a winger.

Despite being fit throughout the season, Nunez has been limited to 17 starts for the Reds this season, scoring seven goals and registering seven assists in 45 appearances in all competitions.

He is expected to leave Anfield this summer, with Atletico Madrid, Napoli, and several clubs in Saudi Arabia credited with serious interest in him.

But while his Liverpool future remains to be decided, Nunez has been ordered to serve the remainder of a ban for his involvement in an altercation with fans while playing for Uruguay.

The sanction was confirmed, as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal against the ban.

The incident that led to the ban happened in August 2024?

South American football’s governing body, CONMEBOL, banned Nunez for five international games and fined £15,145 ($20,000) for an incident with spectators after Colombia beat Uruguay.

The 25-year-old was seen physically confronting Colombia supporters in the stands after the final whistle in the Copa America semi-final in July 2024.

The Liverpool striker served two matches of the ban before CAS agreed to temporarily lift the suspension in October 2024 while the case against him was investigated following an appeal by the Uruguay Football Association.

However, it has been confirmed that he will now serve the remaining ban, with the appeal by the Uruguay FA to annul or reduce the suspensions and fines on the grounds the players acted in self-defence, dismissed by CAS.

“The panel found that in this case the principle of self-defence does not apply,” a CAS statement read.

“The conduct of the players constituted a voluntary, violent and unjustified action which was in violation of the CONMEBOL disciplinary code.”

Nunez will now miss Uruguay’s World Cup qualifiers in Paraguay and at home to Venezuela next month, as well as the match against Peru in September.

Four other Uruguay players were also handed bans and fines for their involvement in the incident at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, USA, all of which have now been served.

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