Luis Suarez will join Atlético de Madrid!

Things have happened in the last 24 hours for Barcelona. Yesterday at this same hour, everything suggested that Luis Suarez was going to spin for Atlético de Madrid. An agreement had been reached for the Uruguayan to be released from his contract – receiving half of his salary for his last remaining year – to join the Spanish capital.

Only, while the colchoneros supporters were about to go to bed with a smile, thinking of El Pistolero under the orders of Cholo Simeone, Josep Maria Bartomeu stopped everything. Indeed, the main Barcelona manager slowed down the player’s departure, claiming that he did not want to strengthen a rival of the Spanish championship at price 0. However, Atlético de Madrid did not appear in this list of clubs that the main concerned does not was not to join following this contract termination agreement, as could be Real Madrid.

Atlético de Madrid will finally have to pay

What anger the former Ajax and Liverpool, while the Rojiblancos quickly started looking for another striker, with Edinson Cavani in plan B. But ultimately, all’s well that ends well . A meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the offices of the Barcelona club, and Luis Suarez, Atlético and the Blaugrana staff finally found a solution that suits all parties involved in the operation.

As explain Sports world and the SER string, among others, the native of Salto should join the Wanda Metropolitano. Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement for a transfer of the player. This will be a relatively small transfer, with several easily attainable bonuses, which will be financed from the outset in the form of a paid loan from Morata to Juventus. The player still has to give the green light but since he had already reached an agreement with the Madrilenians, there should be no worries on that side …