Luis Suarez returns to his "beginning"
Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has signed a short-term contract with his footballing debut, Nacional, ahead of the Qatar World Cup, scheduled for the end of this year, the club's president announced on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old left Atletico Madrid at the end of last season and searched in vain for a new team to defend his colors, which made him return to Nacional with a short contract in preparation for his fourth World Cup participation.
"It's done," club president Jose Fuentes told Radio 890 that Suarez has signed a five-month contract, adding that Suárez should arrive in Uruguay this weekend and could start his campaign on Tuesday in the Copa Sudamericana (equivalent to the Europa League in Europe) against Brazil's Atlético Guayanense.
The Uruguayan national team's all-time top scorer (68 goals in 132 international matches) said in a video on Tuesday, "First of all, I would like to thank you (Nacional) for the great affection you have shown me and my family in the past few days."
He pointed out that this made it impossible to "refuse the possibility of returning to play for Nacional, and we have a preliminary agreement with the club."
Suarez began his career in Nacional, which gave him on May 18, 2005 his debut with the first team at the age of eighteen.
After a full season with the first team, he moved to Dutch Groningen and only a year later to his giant local rival Ajax Amsterdam.
The Uruguayan drew the attention of Liverpool, which he joined in 2011, and after three and a half seasons in "Anfield", he moved to Barcelona, in a deal that exceeded 80 million euros.
In Catalonia, Suarez achieved success, winning four titles in the Spanish League and the Champions League in 2015, before abandoning him in 2020, which made him join the local opponent, Atletico Madrid, who also crowned him with the League title in 2021.
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