2023-12-22T19:18:59+00:00
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/ Inter Miami, a competitor in the American Professional Football League, announced today, Friday, its signing of Luis Suarez, so that the striker from Uruguay will once again join his close friend and former Barcelona player Lionel Messi.
Suarez has signed a contract with Inter Miami through the 2024 season, and will once again play alongside former Barcelona stars Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, with whom he won the Spanish league four times in five years.
The 36-year-old joins Inter Miami from Brazilian side Gremio, where he has scored 26 goals and provided 17 assists in all competitions, leading the team to two titles this year.
“I am very happy and excited to take on this new challenge with Inter Miami,” Suarez said in a statement. “I can’t wait to get started. I am ready to work and fulfill my dream of winning more titles with this great club.”
Messi and Suarez were part of Barcelona’s famous attacking trio – along with Brazilian Neymar – that dominated Spain and Europe in the 2014-15 season when the Catalan club won La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
Suarez first shone in Europe with Ajax Amsterdam before moving to Liverpool in the English Premier League, where he scored 82 goals.
But he had his greatest success at Barcelona, where he scored 195 goals and provided 113 assists, before moving to rivals Atletico Madrid, where he continued to shine and led the team to the Spanish league title.
Suarez has scored more than 500 goals in his career with clubs and the national team, spanning nearly two decades.
“Luis is an incredible forward with a proven track record of excellence at the highest levels of the sport,” said Inter Miami sporting director Chris Henderson. “He has proven to be a unique talent in every league he has played in throughout his career to date.”
Inter Miami won the 2023 MLS Cup following Messi’s arrival, but failed to qualify for the MLS Cup finals, and the team begins its 2024 campaign against Real Salt Lake on February 21.