June 22, 2023, 7:33 AM
June 22, 2023, 7:33 AM
”The issue is serious, because there are many injections, a lot of medication… he is reaching the limit. Now, when is the limit? We don’t know,” he said at an event at the Arena do Gremio stadium.
Various Brazilian media reported on Tuesday an alleged intention by Suárez, 36, to end his career early due to severe pain in his right knee that have worsened over time.
The Gunman would have shared his plans with the team’s board, with whom he has a contract until December 2024 and who plans to meet with him in the next few days to define the situation, according to the publications.
The ‘gaúcho tricolor’ has not commented for the moment on the versions that put the future of its main star in suspense, arrival in Porto Alegre in January after a disappointing World Cup in Qatar 2022 and that has caused a furor in those cities in southern Brazil.
Knee problems have been recurring in the goalscorer’s career history of the Celeste (68 goals in 137 games) and gunner of the Brazilian team this season with 14 goals in 26 games.
He had at least two surgeries on that knee, the last one in January 2020, when he was a player for Barcelona in Spain, due to a meniscus problem.
Gremio preserved it even in some games that were played on grass synthetic to avoid loads, according to local media, and in some training in Porto Alegre he was seen with discomfort in his right knee.
President Guerra affirmed that the player even evaluates “put on a prosthesis” although he did not give more details about it.
Suárez, considered one of the best center forwards of history and professional since 2005, has not been pronounced either.
Guild, directed by Renato Portaluppi, will receive América Mineiro on Thursday for the eleventh day of the Brasileirao. The Uruguayan is expected to start.
