{"id":614716,"date":"2022-07-07T10:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614716"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:49:16","slug":"luis-suarez-river-plate-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/07\/luis-suarez-river-plate-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Suarez Move to River Plate Is Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the end of his stay with Atletico Madrid, Luis Suarez is without a club to call home. While he&#8217;s not the same player that once tore up the Premier League and La Liga, the Uruguayan could prove to be a strong addition to any number of sides.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/24\/luis-suarez-future-undetermined\/\" target=\"_self\">desire to stay in Europe,<\/a> the former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/01\/liverpool-forward-mohamed-salah-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/05\/franck-kessie-andreas-christensen-join-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> frontman was interested in a move to Argentine side River Plate. However, according to an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elpais.com.uy\/ovacion\/futbol\/luis-suarez-llegue-ilusionarme-posibilidad-river-pasaria-nacional.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ovacion,<\/a> that proposed move is now off after River Plate were eliminated from the Copa Libertadores. (translation courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1545040961402638338\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lu\u00eds Suarez won\u2019t join River Plate: \u201cI was really tempted despite my plan to stay in Europe because River were pushing a lot to sign me, but the deal has collapsed as they\u2019re now out of the Copa Libertadores\u201d, Lu\u00eds tells Ovaci\u00f3n. \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez, available as free agent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFHtQ6b2Xq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/oFHtQ6b2Xq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1545040961402638338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Luis Suarez No Longer Joining River Plate<\/h2>\n<h3>A Risk Worth Taking<\/h3>\n<p>Signing and utilising a 35-year-old Luis Suarez is no doubt a risk, especially when his pace was a large part of his play for years. But for a club like River Plate and a lot of other teams, it is a risk worth taking. For over a decade, the Uruguayan was one of the most prolific strikers in the world with eye-popping stats to back it up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/03\/22\/luis-suarez-career-goals\/\" target=\"_self\">500 Up: Top Ten Luis Suarez Career Goals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beginning with Ajax, he scored 111 goals in 159 games before making his move to Liverpool, where he became a club icon after netting 82 goals in just 133 matches for the English side.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona came calling and formed the unforgettable <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/17\/barcelona-the-end-of-a-dynasty\/\" target=\"_self\">MSN<\/a> partnership that saw Suarez score 198 times in 283 appearances. Even as time wore on and he made the move to Atletico Madrid, he managed a very respectable tally of 34 strikes in two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>River Plate have missed out on a potential game-changer but the market is wide open with a lot of clubs in search of a striker there should be no shortage of suitors for Suarez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/24\/luis-suarez-future-undetermined\/\" target=\"_self\">Luis Suarez Future Remains Undecided But European Football Remains the Ambition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the end of his stay with Atletico Madrid, Luis Suarez is without a club to call home. While he&#8217;s not the same player that once tore up the Premier League and La Liga, the Uruguayan could prove to be a strong addition to any number of sides. 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