Luis Suárez makes a u-turn on national team feelings ahead of World Cup
The Uruguayan forward has spoken about a potential return to the national team.
Luis Suárez has World Cup fever. The official Panini sticker album has only been out for a few days, yet the Inter Miami forward has remarkably opened up on the possibility of a return to the Uruguayan national team.
Speaking in an interview this week with Uruguayan publication Diario Ovación, the 39-year-old admitted that “obviously, the national team is always what you want.”
“You start thinking about it today, turning it over in your mind, and with the World Cup near, if they need you ... what do you do? I will never say no to my country, never will I say no to my country.”
Luis Suarez mobility session pic.twitter.com/o7gzVNB2XI
— Advanced Football Academy (@AdvFtbAcad) March 29, 2026
“I will never say no to the national team”
Definitely World Cup fever. Suárez had an impressive national team career that spanned 17 years before retiring in 2024, during which he scored 69 goals across 143 games.
“I retired from the national team to make way for other players,” he said, “and because I felt that a moment had arrived when I could no longer be of use to the squad. But if they need me, I will never say no to the national team. That is impossible - as long as I am still playing, as long as I remain active.”
“You maintain the desire, that passion for football driven by goals and dreams, and you always dreamed of being part of the national team,” he added. “Obviously, I made the decision [to retire] for various reasons, but since I left, that flame for football has dimmed a little.”
Could Suárez play at the World Cup?
At present, Marcelo Bielsa has been playing either with Darwin Núñez or Fede Viñas up front. It’s a much younger pair of options than the player nearing his fourth decade. Bielsa sides press notoriously high and relentlessly look to contain opposition moves high up the pitch, going man-to-man everywhere except up front and at the back, where the striker plays at a disadvantage to allow an overload in the defensive line, giving more cover.
Aquí el gol de 🇺🇾 Luis Suárez para el empate 2-2 de @InterMiamiCF ante @AustinFC @MLSes #GarraCharrua pic.twitter.com/mY0xYcsZwJ
— Alejandro Figueredo (@afigue2010) April 5, 2026
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