8.28am BST

Tom Lutz has signed off from Australia, and I'm taking over now from London on what is always that most depressing of World Cup events: the first rest day. Still, Luis Suárez has thoughtfully given us all something to chew on as we while away the hours until football returns.

The latest news is that no-one knows anything. Suárez's lawyer, Alejandro Balbi, has said he is flying to Barcelona to meet Pere Guardiola – the agent brother of Pep – which seems to suggest he will have talks over a move to Camp Nou. Balbi also says that representatives from Liverpool will also be there. “Tomorrow we will meet in Barcelona with Liverpool’s lawyers,” he told Cadena Cope, before also adding: "Tomorrow we will talk with Pere Guardiola.” However, there are also reports that Liverpool have denied the story and have not sent club lawyers to Spain.

Meanwhile, where is Suárez himself? He was supposed to arrive in Montevideo last night and 500 or so fans were there to greet him. But, like a footballing Edward Snowden, he hasn't shown up. Instead, he is supposed to have spent the night in Natal. “Luis Suárez remains in the city of Natal and there is still no timetable planned for his flight,” the Uruguay federation tweeted in the early hours of Friday morning. “Furthermore, Luis wants to thank the Uruguayan population for its support in the last few hours.”

What we do know, however, is that the Suárez grandparents have got involved. "Everyone knows what they've done to Luis. They wanted him out of the World Cup Perfect, they did it. They chucked him out of there like a dog," sobbed Granny Suárez, more normally known as Piriz Da Rosa, who is in the striker's birthtown of Salto in north-west Uruguay. "This was on purpose. They had their eyes on him to see what he does. It's barbaric what they've done to him. I'm his granny and I love my boy loads!"

She added, more tellingly: "I don’t know why he has these explosive outbursts. He can’t control them, even though he has everything he needs to be happy. Maybe it’s his parents’ divorce, the hardships they went through.”