A rare and touching story of Luis Suarez’s return to his native Uruguay and National, a club in which he started his career have already made their way through the social networks and into the every corner of the planet. And given the passion of the South America’s football supporters in general, his comeback looked just amazing. The cold reality is that Suarez, after being let go by Atletico Madrid, planned to stay in Europe for at least a year, and then ‘flirted’ with River Plate when there were no suitable offers from the ‘Old Continent’ and in the end, he just couldn’t resist the offer from his first club.Fanatical National fans greet Suarez upon his return to UruguayThere are, however other examples where famous players, for pure emotional, or other reasons, decided to make a comeback to their boyhood clubs.WAYNE ROONEYFrom Everton to Manchester United and vice versa. In 2004, Everton sold Rooney to the Red Devils which was the best transfer United ever made, considering they didn’t want to buy the player at the time. It was actually Newcastle United who wanted to buy the player, and sir Alex Ferguson later admitted it was a trigger which led Rooney to Old Trafford. Wayne’s record with Manchester is already a historical one, but when the time came for a departure after 13 years, the England international didn’t think twice: Everton was the only option.🗣 “I wanted my children to see me playing for Everton, try and bring my children up as Everton fans.”Wayne Rooney explains the reason he wanted to return to Everton later on in his career pic.twitter.com/T3jNE66AmW— 𝐓𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐕 (@ToffeeTVEFC) April 4, 2022 “It is some time since I said that the only Premier League club I would play for other than Manchester United was Everton, so I am delighted that the move has happened. I have come back to Everton because I believe Ronald Koeman is building a team that can win something and I look forward to playing my part in making that a reality for the club I have supported since a boy,” he said after signing. It wasn’t a happy end though, as he lasted only one season (scored 10 goals), saw three coaches change in that single season, and moved to USA, before finishing his career in Derby County.CARLOS TEVEZAnother Premier League player who came back to his boyhood club was the Argentinian Carlos Tevez. He started in Boca Juniors back in 1997, left in 2004 before coming back to play for them again. In the meantime, he left his mark in Europe, playing for West Ham, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus. He actually came back to Boca in 2015 for the first time, only to depart to China the next season, but the second homecoming was final, as he helped them to win Primera Division title in 2020, before retiring last year.Carlos Tevez at Boca Juniors.. Back to where it all started#TBThursday #Tbt #GetSporty2003 2020 pic.twitter.com/RwcuD9nIw1— SportyBet (@SportyBet) May 28, 2020 GIANLUIGI BUFFON It’s rare to find a footballer these days who spent his career only in a few clubs, and Gianluigi Buffon is one of them. One of the greatest goalkeepers of all time started his career in Parma, from where he went to Juventus in 2001 where he stayed basically all his career, apart from one season with PSG. When his contract expired in 2021, Juve felt it was the end of the road, but then Buffon decided to come back to his native club, and he is about to start his second season in Serie B.7369 – Gianluigi #Buffon will return to play an official match with #Parma after 7369 days – since 17/06/2001 v Roma in Serie A; in that match Botond Balogh (2002), who will start tonight with him for Parma, was not yet born. Return.#FrosinoneParma #SerieB pic.twitter.com/vjbnolgXWH— OptaPaolo 🏆 (@OptaPaolo) August 20, 2021 “My return to Parma was inevitably conditioned by a deep bond that I have always had with the people of Parma, as well as by the great enthusiasm and honesty of a person like the president” said Buffon.ARJEN ROBBENChelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern. Quite an impressive CV for any footballer, yet alone the Dutchman Robben. He started in Gronningen and that’s where he returned, but not by his own wish. He actually retired in 2019, after leaving Bayern Munich, but head the call from his first club in 2020, as they battled back from the Covid-19 pandemic. Robben had come through the academy of the Dutch minnows and revealed their supporters played a part in his decision to return.Robben retires for the second time in three years. This time for good”I have come a long way. This is what I wanted. I want to help this club and I want to play football. If I can and succeed, then I am very happy. It has been a long and hard road. It was tough and difficult but I kept fighting” he said back then. He retired the following season for good.HENRIK LARSSONIf Arjen Robben came out of the retirement at 37 to play for his boyhood club, Henrik Larsson surpassed him. The former Barcelona. United and Celtic striker retired in 2009, but came out of the retirement four years later, and helped his first club Hogaborgs as a 41 year old. He wanted to do it properly, in his last year of career, but injuries prevented him. But the broken promise bugged him and he came back four years later, and played alongside his son Jordan in a 1-1 draw against Hoganas. An injury crisis led to him returning the next season and he definitely stopped in October 2013.Helsingborg manager Henrik Larsson and his son Jordan attacked by fans after club is relegated https://t.co/E0cjPCXhGF pic.twitter.com/HnVotcnsGz— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 20, 2016 ##NAJAVA_MECA_6542352##
