London: Uruguay’s star striker Luis Suarez says he will definitely be fit enough to play at the World Cup finals but he said it was not certain it would be in time to play against England.
Suarez — 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 19 he will bring enough shirts so that he can exchange them with his Liverpool teammates.
“I saw reports saying that I had told the Liverpool players I would make it for the game against England, for sure,” he said. “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 Jordan Henderson.
Suarez, who was inconsolable when Liverpool effectively saw their hopes of a first title since 1990 disappear in the penultimate game of the season as they let a 3-0 lead slip and ended up drawing 3-3 with Crystal Palace, has been down this road before with clubmates.
