MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi have been companions on the pitch for a number of years. Now they’re teaming up off it as businessmen.
Suárez introduced on Tuesday he has based knowledgeable soccer staff in his native Uruguay, and he’s bringing his Inter Miami teammate alongside on the challenge.
Suárez, the all-time scoring chief of Uruguay’s nationwide staff, defined in a video posted on his social media accounts that the staff previously often called Deportivo LS will now be known as LSM and can begin enjoying skilled soccer within the Uruguay’s fourth division.
“Deportivo LS is a household dream that started in 2018. We now have grown quite a bit with greater than 3,000 members,” Suárez stated. “I need to provide Uruguayan soccer, the place I really like and the place I grew up as a baby, alternatives and instruments for youngsters and youngsters to develop.”
The 38-year-old Suárez, who retired from worldwide soccer final September, performed with Messi at Barcelona for six seasons, and so they’ve been teammates the previous two years with Inter Miami.
“I am proud and pleased that you just selected me, so I hope to contribute every little thing I can to proceed rising and, above all, to be by your facet on this,” stated Messi, who was sitting alongside Suárez within the video.
It is nonetheless unclear what Messi’s function shall be within the challenge, though native media reported that he shall be a accomplice. It was additionally reported that Álvaro Recoba, a former participant for the Uruguay nationwide staff and Inter Milan, would be the staff’s coach.
The announcement additionally launched the membership’s Instagram account, which had over 40,000 followers two hours after its creation.
Suárez and his household opened an 20-acre sports activities complicated in 2018 in Ciudad de la Costa on the outskirts of Montevideo. It has quite a few actions for greater than 3,000 members.
The membership has an artificial turf stadium with a capability for 1,400 spectators, amongst different fields.