Italy's anti-doping officials have recommended that Lazio's Jaap Stam should be suspended from football for 10 months and fined 200 million lire, �64,000.

The former Manchester United defender tested positive for nandrolone on 13 October and a follow-up counter-analysis test gave a similar result.

Holland international Stam, who left Old Trafford for �16.5m in August, met with anti-doping chiefs on Friday.

Should Italy's football association, the FIGC, agree with the advice, Stam would miss the remainder of the Italian season.

The 29-year-old has strongly denied taking any banned substances.

Lazio team-mate Fernando Couto and Juventus' Edgar Davids failed similar tests last season while Josep Guardiola has failed two tests since joining Brescia.