Luis Suarez recommends Barcelona sign young Uruguayan forward
The Catalan club have been given a glowing report on the teenager Nicolas de la Cruz
Barcelona forward Luis Suarez has recommended that the club sign an up and coming star from Uruguay, Nicolas de la Cruz.
According to reports on Radio 1010 on Monday, Suarez has given excellent reports to the Catalan club's recruitment department after learning that they had been following the young forward.
De la Cruz is 19 years old and at 1.67m he draws comparisons with a young Lionel Messi. He scored two goals for the successful Uruguay side at the U20 Campeonato Sudamericano.
According to South American media, the idea is that Barça sign him for the B team next season before seeing if he has the quality to then make the jump into the first team. Suarez, who recently renewed his contract at Camp Nou, is one of his biggest fans.
Currently at Montevideo-based Liverpool, according to Uruguayan reports, Barça aren't the only club tracking him. Liverpool and Ajax are also following him.
Aware of the interest, his current side have put a price of eight million euros on his head -- an important figure for a player who is still just 19.
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