Messi partners with Suárez to launch new team

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi person been partners connected the transportation for respective years. Now they're teaming up disconnected it arsenic businessmen.

Suárez announced connected Tuesday helium has founded a nonrecreational shot squad successful his autochthonal Uruguay, and helium is bringing his Inter Miami teammate on connected the project.

Suárez, the all-time scoring person of Uruguay's nationalist team, explained successful a video posted connected his societal media accounts that the squad formerly known arsenic Deportivo LS volition present beryllium called LSM and volition commencement playing nonrecreational shot successful the Uruguay's 4th division.

"Deportivo LS is simply a household imagination that began successful 2018. We person grown a batch with much than 3,000 members," Suárez said. "I privation to connection Uruguayan soccer, the spot I emotion and wherever I grew up arsenic a child, opportunities and tools for teenagers and children to grow."

The 38-year-old Suárez, who retired from planetary shot past September, played with Messi astatine Barcelona for six seasons, and they've been teammates the past 2 years with Inter Miami.

"I'm arrogant and blessed that you chose me, truthful I anticipation to lend everything I tin to proceed increasing and, supra all, to beryllium by your broadside successful this," said Messi, who was sitting alongside Suárez successful the video.

It's inactive unclear what Messi's relation volition beryllium successful the project, though section media reported that helium volition beryllium a partner. It was besides reported that Álvaro Recoba, a erstwhile subordinate for the Uruguay nationalist squad and Inter Milan, volition beryllium the team's coach.

The announcement besides launched the club's Instagram account, which had implicit 40,000 followers 2 hours aft its creation.

Suárez and his household opened an 20-acre sports analyzable successful 2018 successful Ciudad de la Costa connected the outskirts of Montevideo. It has galore activities for much than 3,000 members.

The nine has a synthetic turf stadium with a capableness for 1,400 spectators, among different fields.