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Divide by 720has said Major League Soccer is "one of the options I see as being most likely" for his next
move, and ruled out a return to European football.

Suarez, 35, is now back at Nacional in Uruguay -- after joining on a free transfer from Atletico Madrid in
July -- and has scored four goals in eight league appearances this season.

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The former Liverpool and Barcelona forward has previously said that he received offers from MLS clubs
in the summer, before settling on a switch back to his boyhood club.

"I don't know yet," Suarez told Marca, in an interview published on Saturday, when asked about playing
in the United States. "It's one of the options that I see as being most likely, but I'm not thinking about
that right now. I'm thinking about and enjoying myself at Nacional."

Suarez is on a short-term deal at Nacional which is set to expire in December after he features for
Uruguay at the World Cup, but he told Marca he would not consider returning to Europe after that.

"I've had my career in Europe and I left very proud," he said. "I had a lot of options, a lot of them, before
coming to Nacional, but it made sense to come back to [Uruguay]. Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona,
Atletico ... what would be a better career in Europe than that? It was perfect."

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This World Cup will be Suarez's fourth, after helping Uruguay reach the semifinals in 2010, the round of
16 in 2014 and the quarterfinals in 2018.
A talented squad that includes Suarez and Liverpool's Darwin Nunez in attack and Tottenham Hotspur's
Rodrigo Bentancur and Real Madrid's Fede Valverde in midfield will face Portugal, Ghana and South
Korea in Group H.

"I've said that [Valverde] reminds me of Steven Gerrard, who I played with at Liverpool," Suarez said.
"He has similar characteristics. He's 'box-to-box,' he can shoot, he gets into the box ... I don't want to
compare them, but they're similar."

Uruguay's South American rivals Brazil and Argentina are among the favourites to lift the trophy in
Qatar, but Suarez rates his former home Spain as other contenders.

"Spain are candidates," he said, "because of their players, their quality and because they have the best
coach I've had in my career [at Barcelona], Luis Enrique."

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6:31 PM

Sam Marsden

Barcelona correspondent

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez says he would like international fixtures to be played in one block each
year after four players returned injured following games with their countries this past week.

Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay are all set to miss Saturday's trip to
Mallorca after picking up knocks on international duty, while Hector Bellerin was also injured in training
this week.

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In a typical season, domestic football stops in September, October, November and March for
international interludes, with tournaments then played in the summer, but Xavi would like to see
another model introduced.

"It's difficult," he said in a news conference on Friday when asked how to prevent losing players to injury
when they go away with their national teams.

"I think FIFA have a plan to have a World Cup every two years, which has been controversial, but there is
a calendar where national teams are together for one-and-a-half months.

"Then, the clubs get the players for the rest of the year. It's just one block with their countries. I think
that would be a good solution, but it is not up to me."

Barcelona's Jules Kounde was injured while in action for France against Austria last week. Jean
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Barca's spate of injuries comes at a crucial time in the season as they prepare for 12 games between
now and Nov. 9 before the World Cup. That run includes two crucial Champions League games against
Inter Milan and a trip to Real Madrid in LaLiga all before Oct. 16.

Araujo will miss all 12 games after having surgery on a thigh injury this week, but Xavi is hopeful Kounde,
De Jong, Memphis and Bellerin will be back sooner.

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"It is frustrating," Xavi added of the injuries. "Araujo won't be back for Madrid, that's for sure, but the
others could have a chance depending on how their recoveries go.

"There are many factors why all these injuries have arrived. We don't know the main reason. Long
journeys, working with different methodologies, the load of games for the players.

"Each case is different and we are not looking to blame anyone. Maybe communication with the
national teams could be better. It's bad luck, but now is the moment to show we have a good squad."

Sergi Roberto is also touch-and-go for Saturday's Mallorca game, which could leave Xavi without all four
players who have played at right-back this season: Roberto, Bellerin, Kounde and Araujo.

The Barca coach said he has various options to fill the void at right-back, including switching to a back
three, using a left-back out of position or calling up youngster Marc Casado, a midfielder who played at
right-back for the first team in preseason.

Barca remain unbeaten ahead of the game in Mallorca, which is followed by a trip to Inter in the
Champions League on Tuesday.
They have won five of their first six LaLiga games, drawing the other one, and have scored more goals
(18) and conceded fewer (1) than any other team in the Spanish top flight, which is led by Real Madrid,
who have taken 18 points from 18.

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