Suarez won the 2011 Copa America with his country’s national team and reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup with Uruguay.

Suarez said: “I think this is the right time, I want to be comfortable when I play my last match (on Friday)” referring to the special times he spent with the Uruguayan national team since 2007.

The current Inter Miami, Liverpool and former Barcelona player will not be able to participate in the upcoming 2026 World Cup.

Suarez tops the list of Uruguay’s all-time top scorers with 69 goals.

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Foden suffered from illness in the early rounds of the current season, as he missed the team’s matches against Ipswich Town and then West Ham in the English Premier League, after playing for 45 minutes in the first match against Chelsea.

Manchester City were not affected by Foden’s absence, as they made a great start to the season, and Guardiola is confident that the best player in the English Premier League season 2024/2023 will be ready as soon as possible.

Foden scored 19 goals and made eight goals in the 2024/2023 season, and scored three goals (hat-tricks) against Brentford and Aston Villa, as City performed perfectly on their way to winning the title. Foden is on England manager Lee Carsley’s squad for the Republic of Ireland and Finland games, but Guardiola is unsure whether he will feature in those games.

Asked how long City fans will have to wait to see Foden play again, Guardiola said: “I hope it won’t be too long, I hope he will be ready after the international break.”

“He played against Chelsea for 45 minutes but he didn’t feel good afterwards. He had scans and he feels better, but he’s not in perfect condition yet.”

“I’d prefer him to have time to recover and be okay, and come back after the international break and be ready for the games.”

City host Brentford in the Premier League on September 14 before hosting Inter Milan at the Etihad Stadium in their first Champions League match four days later.

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UEFA decided to make wholesale changes to the format and system of continental tournaments, as 36 teams will participate in the Champions League instead of 32 in the old system.

According to a video clip published by the Champions League account on the X platform, the draw scheduled for August 29, 2024, will be done automatically using a computer, not manually as was customary.

In the league stage (groups in the old system), each team will play 8 matches against 8 different clubs, instead of facing 3 teams home and away.

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The 36 teams are scheduled to be divided into 4 pots, according to the UEFA classification, with the exception of the Champions League title holder (Real Madrid), to be placed in first place in the first pot.

After that, two opponents will be selected from each pot (8 opponents in total), and they will play one match against one at home and one match against the other away, noting that they cannot face an opponent from the same country, while they can meet against a maximum of two teams from another country.

The modern draw system will apply to the Europa League, while in the European Conference League, each team will face only 6 opponents, one from each of the 6 pots according to the ranking.

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The Italian website “Calciomercato” reported that Thiago Diallo, the Juventus defender who joined the team last January, has asked to leave Juve after only 8 months of his transfer to the Old Lady.

The 24-year-old central defender joined Juventus in January from Lille in a deal worth 3.6 million euros in addition to 1.5 million in bonuses.

Thiago has played only 16 minutes for Juventus since joining, as he entered as a substitute in the 2-0 win over Monza in the last match of the Italian League last season.

The website explained that Diallo is not part of the plans of new coach Thiago Motta, as he did not participate in any friendly matches played by the team before the start of the season.

It indicated that Juventus is looking to include Thiago in a potential deal to bring in the Porto Galeno winger.

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Arsenal has performed remarkably in the last two seasons, and competed with Manchester City for the league title until the last breath, and in light of the lack of many changes to the team, in addition to the hunger of its players with exceptional experience despite their young age, the team’s chances of standing on the podium next season seem huge.

Arteta knows that there are simple changes that the team needs to become a regular competitor for championships, and the deals that the team made in the past two seasons had the greatest impact in achieving stable results, especially after obtaining the services of players with a huge impact such as Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard and David Raya, but the club’s activity in the current summer transfer market has surprised many.

Strengths

The team’s most prominent strength is the defensive line, after the duo Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba performed well last season, in front of Spanish goalkeeper David Raya.

On the right side, Ben White provided stability for Arsenal’s defense, but the left side seemed disturbed with the presence of Oleksandr Zinchenko, who excelled offensively and was weak defensively.

Arsenal is expected to compensate for the weakness of the left side this season, after the Dutchman Juergen Timber recovered from a cruciate ligament injury last season, which kept him out of the stadiums throughout last season, which means that the Dutch international will be a new signing for the team.

Weaknesses

The team still lacks the services of a clear striker who can decide matches from half-chances, especially after the fluctuating performance of the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, who was plagued by injuries last season, and the inconsistency of the German Kai Havertz in this position, despite the convincing performance he presented at the end of last season.

Arsenal are widely expected to offload their other striker, Eddie Nketiah, who is not widely trusted by Arteta, which is why Gunners fans are demanding a striker with a deadly touch in front of goal before the end of the current summer transfer window.

If Gabriel Martinelli is facing fierce competition from Leandro Trossard at left wing, any injury to right winger Bukayo Saka will put the team in trouble, especially with Reiss Nelson likely to leave this summer, and Jesus unable to perform in this position on a regular basis, despite some successful experiences in the past.

Additions

Arsenal fans were delighted when the news of the signing of Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori, one of the discoveries of the “Euro 2024” tournament, was announced, but there are doubts about the role that the former Bologna defender can play, especially in light of the distinguished partnership between Gabriel and Saliba.

Calafiori can play on the left wing, a position expected to be occupied by Timber and his replacement Zinchenko, which raises questions about Arsenal’s need for the Italian international star, despite the presence of other positions that need strengthening.

Conclusion

Arsenal will have to maintain the successful combination that participated in most of last season’s matches, and the team has also become more capable of managing effort, after returning to the Champions League last season after a long absence.

In addition, the problems that competing teams have suffered so far, such as Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Aston Villa, will put the London team in front of the task of achieving positive results in the first weeks of the English Premier League, to benefit from the stability and harmony between the team’s stars, provided that the defensive harmony is not spoiled, and Calafiori’s abilities are invested in a logical way.

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The past few hours have witnessed a sudden failure in the transfer deal of young striker Samu Omorodion from Atletico Madrid to the Blues, despite the two clubs agreeing on the financial value.

For his part, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano revealed the start of new talks between the two clubs regarding a possible transfer of Joao Felix to the Blues, as part of the Conor Gallagher deal.

Gallagher arrived in Madrid in the past few days to complete his transfer to Atletico Madrid, coming from Chelsea.

The two clubs want to complete the Gallagher deal by including Joao Felix in it, after Omorodion’s transfer to Chelsea failed.

Blues officials have begun talks with Jorge Mendes, Felix’s agent, who is in London these days, to decide the future of the player, who has also been linked with a move to Aston Villa.

Joao Felix, 24, previously wore the Chelsea shirt in the middle of the 2022-2023 season, and appeared with the team in 20 matches, scoring only 4 goals.

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The Argentine international arrived in the Spanish capital “Madrid” yesterday, Sunday, to complete the procedures for his transfer to the Rojiblancos.

According to Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, Alvarez signed his transfer contracts to the Madrid club today, Monday, after successfully passing the medical examinations.

He explained that the deal was not affected by the failure of Samu Omorodion’s transfer to Chelsea in the past hours.

Alvarez will become the most expensive sale in Manchester City’s history, worth 95 million euros, including 20 million as additional incentives.

The deal is expected to be officially announced within the next few hours, so that Alvarez will become a player in the ranks of Atletico Madrid.

It is worth noting that the 24-year-old had previously expressed his desire to have a greater role with Man City due to his marginalization in major matches, according to him, before he waved the idea of ​​leaving.

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It concerns the young French defender Lenny Yoro, who recently joined the English club from the French club Lille this summer, who was injured during a friendly match against Arsenal.

Manchester United announced in an official statement, today, Monday, that Yoro underwent a successful foot surgery.

It was explained that the 18-year-old will begin rehabilitation immediately, in order to recover and regain his full fitness, after about 3 months from now.

Previous press reports indicated that Yoro suffered a fracture in the metatarsal, which was a shock to Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag, a few days after the player joined the Red Devils.

Ten Hag is currently seeking to bring in his compatriot Matthijs de Ligt, Bayern Munich defender, to fill this gap, especially after the departure of the French Raphael Varane at the end of his contract.

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Chermiti, 20, who has impressed in friendly matches, was injured in training and manager Sean Dyche confirmed at the weekend that he would not be back until the start of the new season.

Chermiti “will now begin his rehabilitation under the care of Everton’s medical team,” the club said in a statement, according to the PA news agency.

Dyche said after Everton’s friendly win over Preston on Saturday that Chermiti’s injury “was a big blow because he had a great pre-season and looked in good shape”.

“We’ll have to wait and see, but it’s definitely not a matter of weeks, it’s going to be longer than that,” he added.

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According to the British newspaper “Mirror”, the Italian Federico Chiesa, the star of Juventus and Italy, has returned to Liverpool’s interest list this summer.

It indicated that Liverpool pursued Chiesa in 2021, after his heroic role in Italy’s victory in the Euro, as he submitted an offer to include him from Juventus for 85 million pounds, but it was rejected, because the management of the Old Lady refused to sell the player.

It explained that Liverpool now has an ideal opportunity to include Chiesa one year before the end of his contract.

This came after Thiago Motta, Juventus coach, stated that Chiesa is now free to leave Turin, and that he is focusing on giving other players the opportunity to prove their abilities with the team.

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