The former Barça player, about to turn 36, promises “commitment, camaraderie, desire and goals” in his new adventure with the Guild
The fans of the Tricolor gaucho, one of the most ardent in Brazilian football, embrace Suárez with a spectacular reception
“The fans have confirmed the decision I made: I was not wrong when it came to coming to the Guild”. Luis Suárez hallucinated in his presentation as the new ‘9’ of the Tricolor Gauchowith whom he has been engaged for two seasons, until December 2024. More than 30,000 ‘torcedores’ gathered at the Gremio Arena to welcome and support the former Barça player, that this month he will reach 36 years, with the hope that he will become an idol of the entity.
accompanied by his wife, Sofia Balbi, and his three children, who were present at all the festivities, the Matador got excited in an event that featured support videos from his ex-teammates at Barça, Sergio Busquets, Neymar Jr. Y Arthur (which arose precisely from the union base), of his new colleague Lucas Leiva, with whom he already coincided in Liverpool, and the Uruguayan ex-soccer player, the central defender Diego Lugano.
“What I can promise is commitment, camaraderie, winning and goals. We are going to try to win titles”Suárez said that he recognized that “I am not the same as in 2012, 2014, 15 or 16, I am not stupid, I am not going to run 50 meters in speed, because I am no longer the same, but what I can do is a movement that benefits my teammates“.
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“I’m going to defend the Gremio shirt until the end as if I were one more fan to be able to win titles”promised Luisito, aware that their way of playing and understanding football adapts to the culture of their new club.
Convinced of his success in Brazil
The ‘Suarezmanía’ has been unleashed in half the population of Porto Alegre, which corresponds to the union fans. “All this love is very nice and now it’s up to me to take responsibility and know how to manage all this pressure that I love. My whole career was like this: I like to play as much pressure as there is,” he indicated and assured that one of the goals this season is qualifying for the Copa Libertadores 2024. “This is a tournament that obsesses all South American footballers and I would love to win it,” he said.
Suárez described his arrival at the Gremio “as one of the greatest challenges of my entire career” and compared it to his signing for Atlético de Madrid “because he was going to play in a championship dominated by Barça and Real Madrid”.
And he revealed the reasons for continuing to be active in the most competitive South American league. “What moves me is the challenge of people who think I can’t play that football, the challenge of continuing to win.the challenge for young people to see that a 36-year-old player trains every day alongside his teammates because he feels pride and pleasure in playing football,” he declared.
The first competition he will face Suarez with the tricolor shirt is the Gaucho Championship, but there is no set date for his debut. He assured that “I feel very good, I just need time to get physically well because My way of thinking is that there is no period of adaptation to a different football… I am like that“.
