24-year-old Luis Suarez, came through the Nacional academy before joining Dutch club Groningen and later moving to Ajax, before joining Liverpool for £22.7m in the January.
The Reds also signed centre-back Coates, in August after an impressive display in the Copa America.
The deal comes after Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli said he was keen to forge closer links with Nacional, following the addition of Coates to the Liverpool squad.
“We are talking about a partnership with them that we would like to create over the next three, four or five years, to see if there is more talent coming through,” he told the Liverpool site in September.
“Maybe we can help them to develop their standards and, in turn, have the ability to bring those young players here.
“We already have a strong link with South America through Lucas [Leiva], Maxi [Rodriguez] and Luis [Suarez].
“Since it’s been such a success with Luis – and I’m sure it will be for Sebastian [Coates] – why don’t we try to make it an even bigger success by bringing in other players from Nacional?
Martyn Edwards
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