It is the morning after the night Barcelona virtually won the league and Luis Suárez has not slept much, but he is grinning again, easing into a sofa, mate in hand. He has been busy lately: looking at flights, tickets too, and making history. As he strolls across in the sunshine, he is told the goal he scored the previous night, his 21st in the league this season, did not just take Barcelona to the verge of a fourth title in five years but also made him the club’s third highest league goalscorer of all time, level with László Kubala, the Hungarian whose statue stands alone outside the Camp Nou. But there is more to do.
Although it is less than 10 hours since the final whistle at Alavés, Barcelona’s players did not get back until past 3am, Suárez arrives before another session, there are games to prepare for. The Copa del Rey final is a month away but on Sunday there is the match against Levante that should confirm them as champions and, after that, the first of two games that will define their season, his games: Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final. It is the tie that will take Suárez back to Anfield, the place he says defined his career. The tie that will take the whole Suárez family back, in fact.
Written by Sid Lowe in Barcelona
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/26/luis-suarez-interview-barcelona-liverpool-any-player-join under the title “Luis Suárez: ‘Any player would like to go to Liverpool now. It was different then’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
