Former Liverpool and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez says he has "a preliminary agreement" to return to his hometown club Nacional.
The 35-year-old is a free agent after his contract with Atletico Madrid expired this summer.
Suarez is expected to return to Nacional until at least the start of the 2022 World Cup in November.
After being linked with Suarez, approximately 20,000 Nacional fans wore Suarez masks at a recent game.
He made his professional debut for Nacional at the age of 18, in 2005, and helped them win the Uruguayan league title to earn a transfer to Europe with Groningen the following season.
He earned notoriety at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa when his last gasp illegal goalline clearance in the quarter-finals against Ghana prevented the Black Stars from becoming the first ever African nation to reach the last four of the tournament.
Suarez was sent off for deliberate handball but Uruguay survived the subsequent spot-kick and then progressed on penalties.
Four years later in Brazil he disgraced himself by biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, for which he received a record nine-match ban from world football governing body FIFA -- it was the third time he had bitten an opposing player.
He is due to sign a three-month deal with Nacional to play in the Uruguayan Clausura competition while preparing for the World Cup in Qatar from February 21 to December 18.
"Details will be finalized in the next hours and we hope to reach the agreement we all desire and that we can all make the most of this new stage and see each other in the coming days," added Suarez.
