Suarez before the biggest decision of his career

Inter Miami want to keep Suarez with a low salary and a reduced role, while Nacional welcome their biggest icon back with open arms. “Pistolero” (Suarez’s nickname) faces the most important choice of his career, and neither door is easy.

The MLS Cup title should have been the perfect culmination of Suarez’s journey in America. But it exposed a paradox: Inter Miami still needed his experience and influence, but no longer had the financial resources to pay his huge salary. The club’s first offer reflected that reality, an invitation to stay but with a deep reduction in compensation and a narrowing of playing role.

Big boss Jorge Mas calls Suarez a “legend” and has not hesitated to affirm his desire to keep him. But the reality on the field shows the opposite: Suarez is no longer a starter in key matches at the end of the season. Inter Miami is shifting to a new model towards the CONCACAF Champions League, where speed and pressing ability are prioritized. The appearance of Timo Werner in the transfer plan further confirms that the team is ready to move to a new page without Suarez at the center.

Nacional, meanwhile, told Suarez a different story. At 39, what he wanted most was to end his career the right way: on the pitch, in an important role, and in front of the stands that knew him best. Nacional gave him all of that. They wanted Suarez to return to lead the team in the Copa Libertadores, compete for domestic titles and be a moral support for his teammates. Coates and Lodeiro, close friends, were waiting for him to return to Montevideo not just as teammates but as confidants.

Nacional do not see Suarez as a legacy to be respected, but as someone who can elevate the team. That is the big difference with Miami: one side wants to keep him in a supporting role, the other wants to give him the stage.

The choice is not just a choice of club. This is how Luis Suarez decided to end his career: continue in the US, alongside Messi for another season but accept a role as a backup; or return to his homeland, where he can run the last steps of his football career in an atmosphere he always called “home”.

For a striker accustomed to deciding everything by instinct, this choice is not only about his playing future, but also how he wants to mark the final chapter of his career. And whichever direction Suarez chooses, that decision will close a special journey in South American football.

Source: https://znews.vn/suarez-truoc-quyet-dinh-lon-nhat-su-nghiep-post1609653.html