Yes, he’s an absolute machine on the football pitch, but who knew that Luis Suarez was such a romantic off it?
The Barcelona striker pulled out all the stops to renew his vows with wife Sofia Balbi on the 10th anniversary of their wedding.
Luis, 32, and Sofia, 30, looked like newlyweds all over again during the Boxing Day ceremony at a five-star hotel in their native Uruguay – a decade after they first tied the knot.
And the details. Oh, the personalised details.
The athlete rocked a sparkly ‘SB’ band in honour of his childhood sweetheart, while Sofia donned the matching ‘LS’ version.
They also posed on the red carpet in front of a black wall decorated with an ‘S hearts L’ pattern because why the hell not.
We live for this stuff.
Naturally, the guestlist read like a who’s who of the football world, with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba all making an appearance.
God, imagine if someone cracked out a football on the dancefloor. Carnage.
Luis and Sofia’s love story is pretty darn cute, seeing as they started dating when they were just 15 and married years later.
The sportsman previously got all soppy explaining how Sofia helped him take football seriously.
‘At 15, I found a girlfriend that sorted my head out. It helped me realise how [important] soccer was for me,’ he told the Liverpool Echo.
Luis went on: ‘I was going out at night, I didn’t enjoy studying, and I wasn’t dedicating myself to football.
‘There were some people around me who were a bad influence.
‘She gave me a lot of confidence and helped me believe in myself.’
They now have three children – a daughter Delfina, nine, and sons Benjamin, six, and Lauturo, one – and to be honest we’re just counting down the years till they become football prodigies.
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