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Suarez ‘fit to play’ for Uruguay despite injury concerns

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Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has said that Luis Suarez is fit to play in his nation’s final World Cup qualifying fixture against Bolivia.

The Barcelona star has been struggling with a knee injury although Tabarez has previously played down reports he requires surgery.

Suarez reportedly has a cyst on his knee, but Tabarez says he is ready to feature and has backed him to return to form after a poor spell.

"We keep insisting with him because he's a player that appears from time to time," he said.

"How many times during the last qualifiers we thought about substituting him and suddenly he scored goals.