Uruguay’s star striker Luis Suarez says he will definitely be fit enough to play at the World Cup finals but he told The Guardian it was not certain it would be in time to play against England.
The 27-year-old -- who suffered a knee injury training with his Uruguay team-mates and underwent an operation on May 22 -- added that even if he doesn’t play on June 19th he will bring enough shirts so that he can exchange them with his Liverpool team-mates.
“I saw reports saying that I had told the Liverpool players I would make it for the game against England, for sure,” he told The Guardian.
“But I didn’t say that. The day of the operation I exchanged messages with Stevie (Gerrard) and Glen (Johnson). They said: ‘Hope to see you in Brazil’. And I said: ‘Yeah, see you there’. That’s not exactly the same thing. I never said I’d definitely be there.
“I’ve already told Gerrard that we’ll swap shirts. And Glen will ask for my shirt, I’m sure. Maybe Daniel (Sturridge) and Raheem (Sterling) will as well. I’ll take a few with me,” added Suarez, who hopefully will take an extra one as he forgot to mention another Liverpool team-mate in midfielder Jordan Henderson.
“When we played Holland in 2010 (he was suspended for the semi-final having being sent off for saving with his hands a goalbound effort by Ghana’s Dominic Adiyiah in the quarter-final), I was at Ajax and had friends in their team,” he said.
“I had to tell the kit man I needed five shirts. Although I didn’t play, they still wanted my shirt; they have the date and the match stitched into them, so it’s a nice reminder of the match. So, yes, I’ll swap shirts. I’m not sure I’ll actually put it on though!”