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Lionel Messi adds another friend: Inter Miami reached an agreement with Luis Suárez, according to ESPN

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By Sergio Silva

03 Nov 2023, 20:12 PM EDT

Lionel Messi is ready to welcome another friend to Inter Miami after the sports news network this Friday ESPN revealed that the Major League Soccer team had reached an agreement with Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez.

The information disclosed by ESPN speaks of an agreement for one season with Luis Suárez, who is currently a player for Gremio de Porto Alegre and it was recently confirmed that he would end his time in Brazil at the end of this season.

In the absence of confirmation from the team chaired by the Englishman David Beckham, the table is set for Luis Suárez joins the meeting of former FC Barcelona players at Inter Miamiwhere in addition to Lionel Messi the Spaniards Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba also arrived in the middle of this year.

The ESPN report confirms one of the most popular rumors since Lionel Messi arrived at Inter Miami in the middle of this year. The recent departure of Venezuelan striker Josef Martínez further fueled the possibility of the arrival of Luis Suárez, which still needs to be confirmed by the team led by Gerardo Martino.

Luis Suárez, 36 years old, He signed with Gremio at the beginning of 2023 and has so far accumulated 22 goals and 16 assists to contribute to the Porto Alegre team currently being in fourth place in the Brazilian championship.

Before going to Brazil, The experienced forward had returned to his native Uruguay to play for Nacional de Montevideo, the team in which he began his professional career. There he managed to become Uruguayan soccer champion in that only campaign he played. His last team in Europe was Atlético Madrid.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez forged a good friendship during their time at FC Barcelona that even transcended sports. (LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images)

A reunion between friends

With the arrival of Luis Suárez to the MLS with Inter Miami, the Uruguayan forward will join up with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, with whom he already shared a successful time at FC Barcelona between 2014 and 2020. .

Among the titles that Luis Suárez won during his time with FC Barcelona are LaLiga on four occasions, the Champions League on one occasion, the Copa del Rey four other times, the Spanish Super Cup twice, a Club World Cup and a Spanish Super Cup. Europe.

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