Suarez has been suffering from arthritis in his knee and initially wanted to cut his deal with Gremio short in order to reunite with Messi, but agreed to remain with the club until December.

The 36-year-old forward has struggled with injuries has had to use injections to help deal with knee pain amid the intense schedule in Brazil, which features games more closely packed together than MLS.

Luis Suarez is said to be considering remaining at Gremio and signing a contract extension

Suarez had long been expected to reunite with Lionel Messi and sign with Inter Miami

Striker Josef Martinez is already planning to leave Inter Miami to make way for Suarez

Suarez currently has 23 goals and 16 assists this season for Gremio through all competitions.

If the native of Uruguay does indeed choose not to reunite with Messi it may throw a major wrench into Miami’s squad building plans ahead of the new season.

Starting striker Josef Martinez is expected to leave the team and his departure was made with the plan of Suarez joining the squad.

Miami are set to begin preseason in on January 10 and it remains to be seen who the starting no. 9 will be ahead of Messi’s first full season in MLS.

As of now the most high-profile friendly scheduled for Miami is against a team both Messi and manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino once played for back in Argentina, Newell’s Old Boys.

Messi and Suarez played together for six years in Barcelona, winning four Spanish league titles and the Champions League.