More than 40,000 fans of the Guild filled this Wednesday the stadium of the Brazilian club in Porto Alegre to receive the striker Luis Suarez. The 35-year-old signed a two-year deal on a free transfer after he ended his contract with Uruguay’s Nacional.
Three-time Copa Libertadores winner Gremio will return to Brazil’s Primera Division after a shocking relegation in 2021. It will be the eighth club in Suárez’s career, which includes spells at Ajax, Liverpool, FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. . The Uruguayan’s former teammates spoke in several videos, including Neymar and Sergio Busquets.
Suárez cried after videos of her family were shown on the big screen. “In the last days I received incredible love. I am very grateful and I promise that I will play, score and win titles so that Gremio returns to where it belongs,” Suárez told the fans. The Uruguayan striker plans to give a press conference this Thursday.
The forward gave a press conference in which he said that he compares his arrival at the Gremio to when he arrived at Atlético de Madrid. “I like difficult challenges, because I know that Gremio comes from series B, from a place where it should never have been,” said the striker when asked why he had decided to play for the gaucho tricolor. “I compare it with Atlético Madrid, when Real Madrid and Barcelona were hegemony and it was a difficult challenge. Maybe this one is more difficult”.
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