La Liga: Suarez Cleared To Face Valladolid After Negative COVID-19 Test

Atletico Madrid striker, Luis Suarez is clear to return to action this weekend against Real Valladolid after the Liga club confirmed on Thursday that the Uruguayan had returned a negative COVID-19 test.

Our striker @LuisSuarez9 is to join the rest of the team tomorrow after testing negative in @LaLigaEN's official PCR test.

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— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) December 3, 2020

The 33-year-old tested positive for coronavirus last month on international duty and missed his country's win over Colombia and defeat by Brazil as well as Atleti's last four fixtures as reported earlier by AllNews.

"Luis Suarez will rejoin the first-team group training session... after returning a negative PCR test conducted by LaLiga," a club statement read.

Suarez joined Atleti from Barcelona in the last transfer window and has scored five goals in six LaLiga appearances for the Rojiblancos.

Diego Simeone's side, who host Valladolid on Saturday before traveling to Salzburg for a crunch Champions League group stage tie on Wednesday, currently sit second in La Liga on 23 points, one point behind leaders Real Sociedad with two games in hand.