Inter Miami, a competitor in the American Professional Football League, announced on Friday that it had signed a contract with Luis Suarez so that the striker from Uruguay would once again join his close friend and former Barcelona player Lionel Messi.
Suarez signed a contract for the 2024 season with Inter
Miami and will play again alongside former Barcelona stars, Sergio Busquets
and Jordi Alba, with whom he won the Spanish League 4 times in 5 years.
The 36-year-old player joined Inter Miami from Brazilian
Gremio, with whom he scored 26 goals and provided 17 assists in all
tournaments, leading the team to two titles this year.
Suarez said in a statement: “I am very happy and excited to
take on this new challenge with Inter Miami. I cannot wait to get started. I am
ready to work and achieve the dream of winning more titles with this great
club.”
Messi and Suarez were part of Barcelona's famous attacking
trio - alongside Brazilian Neymar - that dominated Spain and Europe in the
2014-2015 season when the Catalan club won the Spanish League, the King's Cup, and the Champions League.
Suarez first shined in Europe with Ajax Amsterdam before
moving to Liverpool in the English Premier League, where he scored 82 goals.
In total, Suarez scored more than 500 goals in his career with clubs and the national team, spanning nearly two decades.
Inter Miami sporting director Chris Henderson said: “Luis is an amazing striker with a proven track record of excellence at the highest levels of the sport. He has proven that he is a unique talent in every league he has played in throughout his career so far.”
Inter Miami won the American-Mexican League Cup in 2023
following the arrival of Messi but was unable to qualify for the Major League
Soccer finals, and the team begins its journey in the 2024 season by facing
Real Salt Lake on February 21.