Four months after his arrival at Guild, there is ‘Suarezmanía’ in Porto Alegre. The former Barcelona player not only scores goals (11 in 15 games played in all competitions with said Brazilian team), but he has already lifted two trophies and his shirt, with the number ‘9’, is sweeping sales.
Suarez36, scored a penalty that gave Guild on Sunday the title of champion of the state of Rio Grande do Sul against Caxias (1-0 in the second leg, after 1-1 in the first leg of the final). So much so that he made the 50,000 fans gathered at the Gremio Arena feverish, with banners with the effigy of the Uruguayan attacker or scarves with his name.
“He’s a real star, they love him all over the world, it’s great to have him with us,” said a fan. about Luis Suárez, who arrived at Gremio in Januaryafter a brief period in Nationalthe club where he was trained and to which he returned from Athletic after his stages in the Ajax, Liverpool and Barcelona.
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In brazil suarez has recovered the illusion after the blow he suffered after the elimination with Uruguay in the first phase of the World Cup in Uruguay 2022. He already started big in Gremio, with a ‘hat tricl’ in the 4-2 against Sao Luiz to win the Rio Grande do Sul Super Cup.
But the great challenge begins on Sunday, in the 1st day of the Brazilian League, when with his Gremio (which returns to the First Division after a year in the Second Division) Luis Suárez will face Santos.
The ‘Suarezmanía’ is felt off the pitch: of the 63,000 members in 2022 Guild It has gone to 95,000 at the start of April, a record. And the influx of public in the Gremio Arena, from 15,000 to 30,000 fans.
Another pulverized record, that of the turnover of the official club store, which amounted to 1.6 million euros in the first quarter of 2023. Almost double the previous record, in the same period in 2018, after the euphoria of the last Copa Libertadores won by the team, at the end of 2017.
“We sell 3 to 4 shirts more than usual. Suárez is at the end of his career, but he still has a lot to give,” he said. Alberto Guerra, President of Guild. The leader affirmed that the ex Barcelona accepted to sign by Guild despite having “better offers at an economic level” in Europe and Mexico.
Luis Suarez He is already an idol in Porto Alegre, in the streets, walking with his family, as well as on the pitch.
