Club badge is LSM! Suarez invites Messi to establish a professional club & compete in the Uruguayan league
Luis Suárez announced a plan to establish a professional club on his personal social media and invited Lionel Messi to participate. The club is named Deportivo LSM, and its emblem combines the names of Luis Suárez and Messi.
According to media reports, this club will need to start competing in the fourth - tier league of Uruguay. Suárez and Messi plan to have the team start participating in official matches in 2025.
Suárez: Today, I'd like to share something very important with you all - a family project called "LS Sports". This is a dream of our family that dates back to 2018. Now, we've made significant progress. We have over 3,000 members, as well as infrastructure in the comprehensive sports center and urban sports base, which provides our members with a rich variety of activities. The club offers a wide range of options for children and teenagers, and many people have worked hard for it. Without them, this project wouldn't have developed to where it is today.
My family and I have great faith in this project, and this dream is gradually becoming a reality. We're not just doing it for ourselves, but also for the people of the entire coastal city. Currently, we have more than 80 professionals working with us every day, helping children learn how to co - exist with the challenges of growing up. Looking back on the early days, it's hard not to be filled with emotions. There were wonderful moments, as well as tough ones.
But today, I want to contribute to Uruguayan football — the football I've loved and grown up with since childhood. I want to provide opportunities and tools for teenagers and children to help them grow. Therefore, we hope that our club can start competing within the Uruguayan Football Association system. This is a very exciting goal for us, and it represents a huge step forward for me and my family. We firmly believe in this project. We aim not only to provide sports facilities but also to serve teenagers from a humanistic perspective, giving them opportunities that we didn't have when we were young. We will work hard with a calm mindset to turn this long - dreamed - of project into a reality and participate in the competitive world.
So, I've decided to integrate LS Sports Club into the youth and professional structure of the Uruguayan Football Association. But this dream doesn't end here. Together with our family, friends, and close ones, we've shared many common experiences since childhood and accumulated a wealth of experience in the top echelons of football. Therefore, today I'm delighted to introduce a friend and partner. We have a lot in common because we started from similar beginnings. This project is the perfect platform to continue sharing our vision for football and staying true to our original aspirations.
So, I've invited my friend (Messi) to join the professional project of LS Sports Club.
Messi: First of all, I'd like to thank Luis for giving me this opportunity to join this project. You've been working hard on this project for many years, and it has grown very significantly. It's a great honor and joy for me to be a part of it with you now. Thank you for choosing me. I hope to do my best to contribute to the continued development of this project, and most importantly, to work side by side with you. Thank you very much!