The long-awaited day for Nacional finally came. Luis Suarez landed this morning in Uruguay with his family and the first thing he did was move to the Gran Parque Centralwhere he was presented to a crowd of fans who were waiting for the idol.
In the middle of the journey he was escorted by thousands of Bolso fans who unleashed a veritable caravan of madness while the former Barcelona He put his head and hand out the window of the truck to try to greet everyone.
The arrival of Luis Suárez in Uruguay
“I am convinced that I took the right step for the right club and for the right country to prepare for the World Cup,” said the player this Sunday in an interview for the tricolor institution broadcast on television. The 35-year-old striker, who until May played for Atlético de Madrid, surprised the world after sealing his return to Uruguayan football.
Suárez’s arrival from his wife’s phone
Everything happened within the framework of a huge campaign mounted on social networks by Nacional fans. That was the great catalyst for his arrival. “At no time did I prioritize economics, because otherwise I was already in another country”Suárez said, after revealing that he received several offers.
Fans of Uruguay’s Nacional wait for the arrival of forward Luis Suarez outside Carrasco International Airport in Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay, on July 31, 2022. – Luis Suarez signed a short-term contract to rejoin his boyhood club Nacional in Uruguay ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, the club’s president said on Wednesday. (Photo by Dante Fernandez / AFP)
“What I needed was to play and capable that I needed love (…) and in recent weeks Nacional has given me too much love (…) I needed love to get to the World Cup emotionally and soccer-wise,” he insisted.
The fans of Nacional went crazy with the arrival of Suárez.
The fans of Nacional went crazy with the arrival of Suárez.
“There were impressive offers” in terms of salary, but I thought “I’m going to Turkey or I don’t know where and prepare for the World Cup, but what about my family?”, he added. The all-time top scorer of the Uruguayan team assured that although he had “complicated days, of sadness for not knowing what to do”, since he and his family made the decision they are “happy”.
Messi’s advice
Suárez also spoke of the encouragement that some of his soccer friends gave him, as was the example of Lionel Messi. “Leo wished me all the best. He told me ‘you’re going to be with the family, you’re going to be close to your loved ones, you’re going to be in your country, it wasn’t something you thought about (now) but destiny is written'”.
The player also said that his arrival will probably attract more eyes on Uruguayan football, and is a good opportunity to “set an example” of behavior in the stands.
