From retirement to reunion: The Luis Suarez show set for a fairy-tale final season with Lionel Messi in Miami

Just this summer, Luis Suarez appeared on the verge of retiring from football. Because of osteoarthritis in his left knee, the striker was said to be in "constant pain". "Luis Suarez is reaching his limit," Gremio president Alberto Guerra lamented. "To be able to play, he is given almost daily injections and special treatments."

However, even though Suarez will turn 37 in January, he isn't going to quit the game, though. On the contrary, he's now set to continue his career in MLS with Inter Miami. Talk about 'the Lionel Messi effect'!

Of course, while the prospect of Suarez becoming the the latest addition to the Barcelona All-Stars assembling at the DRV PNK Stadium generated quite the buzz in American soccer when it was first mooted in July, Gremio were less than impressed by the Uruguayan's miraculous recovery from his seemingly chronic injury issue.

"Suarez is now a problem that is in the president's hands," coach Renato Gaucho told reporters at the time. "They are exchanging ideas. As a coach, I have to focus on leading the team. "It seems like a Mexican soap opera that should end now."

There is little chance of that now, though. The Luis Suarez show, a source of seemingly never-ending drama over the past 15 years, is now set for a fittingly grand finale alongside his great friend Messi.