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Luis Suárez will decide between joining Mexican team Cruz Azul or Brazilian team Gremio ‘this week’… despite the former Barcelona and Liverpool striker previously saying an MLS move was ‘most likely’
Luis Suárez will reportedly make a decision this week on where he will go next in the final installment of his club career.
The 35-year-old striker is considering his options after the World Cup with Uruguay, which literally ended in tears for him when his team were knocked out in the group stage in Qatar.
Now, Suárez is weighing his next move after previously returning to his boyhood National team in preparation for Qatar. He has two main options: Cruz Azul in Mexico and Gremio in Brazil.
Luis Suárez looks set to join Cruz Azul in Mexico or Brazilian side Gremio next.
Suárez was last seen at the World Cup, where he was crying after Uruguay was knocked out.
It seemed that Cruz Azul was the favorite, but now Gremio hopes to steal his signature at the final moment.
Paulo Caleffi, Vice President of Gremio, was quoted by FOX Sports as if saying: ‘We are going to have a conversation with the player’s staff.
‘Although several situations have been published, this definitive conversation has not yet occurred. What happened were some signs. The conversation will be this week.
“What I can make clear to the Gremio fans, also because of the responsibility we have in handling this, not to let it become a soap opera, as happened some time ago with another Uruguayan player, is that this situation will have a conclusion this week. either on one side or the other.
Caleffi was referring to his team coming close to signing Edinson Cavani, before he finally signed for Spanish club Valencia.
Speaking in October, ahead of the World Cup, Suárez discussed the prospects of playing in Major League Soccer.
“It is one of the options that I see as the most likely, but I am not thinking about that right now. I’m thinking and having fun at Nacional’, said Suárez.
Suárez, 35, played with Nacional in Uruguay in preparation for Qatar
‘I’ve had my career in Europe and I left very proud. I had many options, many, before coming to Nacional, but it made sense to return.
‘Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona, Atlético… What better race in Europe than that? It was perfect.’
Suárez won four Spanish league titles and the Champions League with Barcelona, and an English League Cup with Liverpool.