Luis Suarez set for knee surgery

Luis Suarez is set to undergo knee surgery on Thursday and faces a race to be fit in time for the World Cup.

The Liverpool and Uruguay striker is understood to have twisted his knee during a training session with his country on Wednesday.

The Uruguayan Football Association is optimistic that Suarez will be fit for the World Cup, with his team kicking off their Group D campaign against Costa Rica on June 14 before facing England five days later and then Italy.

Uruguayan FA official Roberto Pastoriza told Ovacion that surgery was looking very likely.

“According to the report I received a while ago, they are optimistic that he can play the World Cup,” said Pastoriza.

“Suarez felt discomfort in his knee and thus he had to undergo tests. Everything happened very fast, some hours ago (on Wednesday night).

“The national team medical staff is dealing with this and press secretary Matias Faral will communicate the official report.

“The intention was that everything was kept confidential and that the report was announced today through the Uruguayan FA social network accounts.

“Everything was very surprising, Suarez trained with discomfort and it was decided to have an MRI scan.

“The information until a while ago was that they were deciding what will be done, but there are very high chances there will be a surgical intervention.

“I can’t say anything else, the Uruguayan FA will officially announce it on Thursday morning.”