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Luis Suarez says Barcelona was the right club for Neymar

Siddharth Nair
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Uruguay’s international footballer Luis Suarez believes that Spanish football club Barcelona was the best for  Neymar. Suarez said that he had tried a lot to persuade Neymar to stay in Barcelona.

Neymar went out of Barcelona this season with a record value of 263 million dollars to France’s football club Paris St. Germain.

30-year-old Suarez said, “We remember Neymar very much on the field, but far beyond the ground because it is special . We have enjoyed very much together. We  always share happiness. He was an important player for us. ‘

Suarez said, “He is now playing with another team, but I can not go into his opposition. I had persuaded him enough to stay in the club because I believe this is the best place for him, but he took the decision to leave the club. ”

Suarez has been going through a tough time as of late but has vowed to come back stronger than ever before.

Suarez said the two-week break without matches would give him the opportunity to return to peak condition.

“Have a rest and finish recovering well, during these two weeks, I will come spectacular,” he told SPORT.

“After the injury I had, I hurried a lot with the knee and in the long run it can hurt you. I had a lot of pressure on the physical level, just getting to the national team and until now I had not had a break.

“The best thing was to make an arrangement with the national team and Barca, as the club let me go with the national team just after the injury when I had not played yet.

“These friendlies [against Poland and Austria] are not a priority for the selection.”

Despite Suarez’s lack of goals, Ernesto Valverde’s men are unbeaten in the league and four points clear at the top.

Asked whether he was feeling his knee injury, Suarez said: “No, no, no, no discomfort, only caution.

“You always have some fear of getting to have some blow and make it worse, but after this break and with the treatment I’m doing I will not have pain anymore.”

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