After sixteen years of banging in goals in the Netherlands, England and Spain, Luis Suarez decided to return to his native Uruguay and play for his first club Nacional! Weeks of campaigning and supporters’ pleas on social media convinced the legendary striker to return home and pull on the Tricolor shirt again.Fans began pushing the hashtag #SuarezANacional with thousands of Nacional supporters changing their profile pictures with one of Suarez wearing the Nacional shirt. Over 50 million tweets in 35 countries on Twitter have the hashtag associated with the post, and is the number one trending hashtag in Uruguay.The last dance.The final countdown.Explota todo.¡Todo junto!¡Dale @LuisSuarez9!#SuarezANacional 🇳🇱pic.twitter.com/H6ugVUcRtI— decano (@decanocom) July 17, 2022 What started as a fans’ initiative and a bit of fun snowballed into a movement in the small South American country squeezed between Brazil and Argentina. In the end, Nacional’s chairman Jose Fuentes travelled to Madrid on Tuesday and met the 35-year-old star in his home a day later. After a 30-minute chat, Suarez gave his word to Fuentes that he’ll sign for his boyhood club and stay at least until the World Cup in Qatar.It’s an arrangement that suits everyone. Tricolor fans will get to watch their beloved El Pistolero wear their shirt, Nacional will get a goalscorer and media attention worldwide – and the nation’s nerves will be eased because their striker will be match-fit in Qatar.##NAJAVA_MECA_6521185##The movement organized by the Tricolor fans online was meant to show affection to the former Atletico Madrid striker – and the message was received. Chairman Fuentes took his phone out and showed Suarez some of the clips of fans singing, journalists chanting and kids shouting for Suarez to come back home.On the Spanish afternoon of Wednesday, El Pistolero received the Tricolor president at his home in Madrid, where they held a thirty-minute meeting. In the meeting, Fuentes showed Suarez all the actions promoted by the fans and made it clear to him the deadlines necessary to confirm his return due to the registration limit for the Copa Sudamericana.After finishing the meeting, Fuentes spoke with the journalist Federico Buysan in Madrid, highlighting that Luis’s family decided to go live in Uruguay for three months, which is essential news as the striker put the welfare of his wife and children first.Nacional fans used this photo-montage as their profile pictureThe contract of the top historical scorer of the national team will be until the end of the year. Therefore, Suarez will be available to play the Copa Sudamericana and the Clausura part of the national championship.Suarez made his debut as a professional on August 21 2004, in a friendly between Nacional and Portuguese club Vitoria Guimaraes. His competitive debut came against Junior de Barranquilla in the Copa Libertadores on May 3 2005.With the Tricolor shirt, Suarez played 48 games, scoring a total of 15 goals. He became Uruguayan two-time champion after lifting the 2005 and 2005/2006 titles, in addition to the Clausura 2005/2006 tournament.And now he’s returning home.
