One of Nicolas Lodeiro’s best friends in the world is Uruguay teammate Luis Suarez. Almost ever since Lodeiro came to the Seattle Sounders in 2016, there have been suggestions that Suarez wants to join him. More recently, Lodeiro has been telling anyone who asks that Suarez is equally interested in coming to MLS.
In that sense, there wasn’t really anything “new” about Lodeiro telling MLSsoccer.com on Thursday about Suarez’s future plans.
“I think you need to convince Barcelona. He wants to come to MLS,” Lodeiro. “Sooner or later he’ll come to MLS.