BARCELONA STAR LUIS Suarez vowed to return from the international break in โspectacularโ condition as he looks for form.
Suarez, 30, has been troubled by a knee injury this season, his performances โ which have yielded just three goals in 14 games in all competitions โ questioned and criticised.
But the forward will miss Uruguayโs November internationals, giving him a chance to recover and get back to his best for the LaLiga leaders.
Suarez said the two-week break without matches would give him the opportunity to return to peak condition.
โHave a rest and finish recovering well, during these two weeks, I will come spectacular,โ he told SPORT.
โAfter the injury I had, I hurried a lot with the knee and in the long run it can hurt you. I had a lot of pressure on the physical level, just getting to the national team and until now I had not had a break.
โThe best thing was to make an arrangement with the national team and Barca, as the club let me go with the national team just after the injury when I had not played yet.
โThese friendlies [against Poland and Austria] are not a priority for the selection.โ
Despite Suarezโs lack of goals, Ernesto Valverdeโs men are unbeaten in the league and four points clear at the top.
Asked whether he was feeling his knee injury, Suarez said: โNo, no, no, no discomfort, only caution.
โYou always have some fear of getting to have some blow and make it worse, but after this break and with the treatment Iโm doing I will not have pain anymore.โ
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Should have won the balon ฤor last year, although his history made that unlikely.
Normal for world beaters to hit a blip in form.
`Spectacular fashionโ ? Chew someoneโs face off ?
@Olllie B: Hello Jamie. School finished??
Nothing more then an animal and he should have been kicked out of the sport years ago
@Hoof Hearted: Definitly. The like of him Cantona and Evra. SCm of the earth.
@Is mise muc grรกnna: no Marcus not by the single hair on your chinny chin chin people kick each other all the time for one reason or another but to bite someone is a disgusting trait. Dogs and other animals are put down now they they bite a human. The lads an animal simples
@Hoof Hearted: to make it worse Hoof he didnโt bite three times in some sort or sick retaliation, it was to engineer a move. I wonder what his kids will think of him when they grow up โฆ
@powerfix: I wouldnโt be worried about his kids itโs the millions that have and will have seen this despicable animal in action
@Hoof Hearted: yea but the mans a stone cold genius on the pitch. He played in the PL for just under 3 years and he would make top 10 PL players of all time imo. Maybe.. even top 5. Ridiculous class.
Have seen him alot this season and in person and he is a shadow of the player he was over the last 3 years. Hope he makes it back but his decline is stark.
@daraoleary: I actually thought he was injured as I havenโt heard much about him since his high board diving at PSG last year in the Champions League. Maybe he went to Barca thinking he was going to be the dogs bolllox but in actual fact heโs turned out to be just a disgraced mutt !