Outdated buddies will quickly reunite as Luis Suarez prepares to hitch Lionel Messi at Inter Miami after signing a one-year contract with the North American facet.
David Beckham’s Main League Soccer franchise have already managed to persuade former Barcelona stars Messi, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets to ply their commerce in the US, with Suarez including his title to an all-star forged.
Famously good pals, Messi and Suarez loved some fantastic moments collectively throughout their time in Catalonia, conquering the world with their beautiful performances.
Right here is how Messi and Suarez received on collectively throughout their time at Barca.
A part of the well-known ‘MSN’ entrance three that additionally included Neymar, each Messi and Suarez boasted ridiculous scoring numbers throughout their time collectively at Camp Nou.
The Uruguayan scored a staggering 195 objectives for Barca throughout his six years on the membership, whereas his Argentine teammate bagged an much more unimaginable 280 instances over the identical interval. Between them, that is a mean of 79 objectives a season in all competitions.
Messi and Suarez’s most prolific season collectively got here in 2015/16. The ahead duo amassed precisely 100 objectives between them (Messi with 41 and Suarez with 59), with the previous Ajax and Liverpool striker netting 40 in simply 35 La Liga appearances.
The pairing got here fairly near matching that tally the next marketing campaign however ended up on 90 objectives, whereas their least environment friendly season got here simply earlier than Suarez departed for Atletico Madrid, solely netting a collective 52.
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez scoring document as teammates
|
Season |
Complete objectives |
Messi’s objectives |
Suarez’s objectives |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2019/20 |
52 |
31 |
21 |
|
2018/19 |
74 |
51 |
23 |
|
2017/18 |
76 |
45 |
31 |
|
2016/17 |
90 |
54 |
36 |
|
2015/16 |
100 |
41 |
59 |
|
2014/15 |
83 |
58 |
25 |
Messi and Suarez loved a particular, virtually telepathic connection on the pitch. The 2 South American stars often laid on objectives for each other – 99 within the 258 matches through which they each featured.
Of these 99, Suarez arrange 47 objectives for Messi, which means he stays the participant that has supplied probably the most assists for the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner.
Messi arrange Suarez on 52 events for Barcelona, roughly a sixth of all of the assists (303) the Argentine produced throughout his time in Catalonia.
Their longest run of joint assists got here in the course of the 2019/20 marketing campaign, Messi and Suarez offering objectives for each other on six events in 5 consecutive matches. Their most prolific recreation as a partnership got here throughout a conflict with Deportivo de La Coruna in 2018, Suarez laying on a hat-trick of assists for Messi in a 4-2 victory.
Messi was an ever-present throughout Suarez’s time at Barca between 2014 and 2020, the pair profitable the lot collectively over a six-season interval.
The Uruguayan’s debut marketing campaign with the Catalan facet was his most profitable, profitable the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey beneath Luis Enrique.
Barca would go on to win La Liga, the Copa del Rey, FIFA Membership World Cup and UEFA Tremendous Cup the next season, Messi and Suarez ending up with a complete of 13 trophies in six years as teammates.
The duo might be hopeful of profitable extra silverware collectively in the US subsequent season when the MLS marketing campaign will get underway in February 2024.
Messi and Suarez’s trophy cupboard as teammates
|
Competitors |
Occasions gained |
Years gained |
|---|---|---|
|
La Liga |
4 |
2014/15, 2015/16, 2017/18, 2018/19 |
|
Champions League |
1 |
2014/15 |
|
Copa del Rey |
4 |
2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 |
|
FIFA Membership World Cup |
1 |
2015 |
|
UEFA Tremendous Cup |
1 |
2015 |
|
Supercopa de Espana |
2 |
2016, 2018 |
