By Victor Kanayo
Former Liverpool hitman Luis Suarez has settled for Brazilian Serie A side Gremio on a free transfer.
The two-year contract will run until end of 2024, the club have confirmed.
Suarez bid farewell to his boyhood club Nacional in October after three months in which he scored eight goals in 16 games and won the Uruguayan championship.
He joined the Premier League in 2011 and spent three seasons in Liverpool before moving to Spain where he played for Barcelona from 2014 to 2020 and then Atletico Madrid until the end of last season.
With Barca, he won the Champions League in 2015, and La Liga four times. He was again crowned La Liga champion with Atletico in 2021.
Suarez joins the Porto Alegre-based Gremio after spending Christmas in Rosario, Argentina, with Lionel Messi.
Gremio will kick off 2023 by playing in the Recopa Gaucha Super Cup against Sao Luiz on Jan 17.
Suarez played at the World Cup in Qatar without scoring as his country were eliminated in the group stages.
Reacting after joining Gremio, Suarez, in a tweet via his Twitter handle, said: “Preparing for this beautiful challenge at Gremio, I’m excited to be there and enjoy it.”
