The Uruguayan is going through a difficult time at Atlético, where he will not continue next season, despite being the team’s top scorer this season.
Luis Suarez was received with enthusiasm in the Athletic. It’s more, Simeone He had never shown such a predisposition to close a transfer as when the Uruguayan got within range. He called him and convinced him to come to the Metropolitan. And the charrúa corresponded with 21 goals that lifted the colchoneros to the League title, which came precisely in Valladolid with a goal from the Uruguayan. The tears of joy and anger of Suárez, who felt mistreated on his way out of the Barcelonawere the image of the last League.
Inflection point
But everything has changed a lot at Atlético since then. Simeone he is grateful to the striker, but there is a turning point in their relationship. Last December 19 Suarez He was substituted in the match that Atlético played against Seville. The striker was not playing a leading role in the match and the coach decided to change him. And that’s where it all exploded. The Uruguayan’s frustration was paid with Simeone, to whom he dedicated a few words that were reflected on all televisions. “Asshole of shit, always the same!”, It was perfectly read on the lips of the striker as he left the field.
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The cholos He wanted to downplay the incident, but the truth is that it did not go unnoticed in the locker room. In Port The coach made public his admiration for the footballer after substituting him after 13 minutes of the game: «I admire him, because at 34 years old, playing and having won everything he won, he came out because he felt that he was not going to be one hundred in the game percent to respect what the team needed. And also celebrating as he celebrated the goals speaks for itself about what Suárez is ».
Luis Suárez was received by the entire dressing room of the Athletic with open arms. On the one hand, heavyweights like Koke, received the charrúa as one of the group. Someone who arrived with the support of Simeone and who quickly joined the so-called ‘mate group’, along with his compatriot José María Giménez, Argentines like Angel Correa, or staff members like the ‘Professor’ Ortega. Even Griezmann joined after his return. Suarez he felt comfortable from the first moment and, in fact, he had a spectacular start scoring two goals and two assists in 20 minutes against grenade.
However, this season the player, like the Athletic, they have not started the defense of the title on the right foot. The team arrives at Camp Nou in fourth position, 14 points behind Real Madrid and the Uruguayan has 7 goals in the League, occupying the 18th position in the scorers classification, far from the 17 of Benzema. Despite the fact that his start has not been the desired one, Suárez remains Atlético’s top scorer this season with nine goals. Correa appears even with him, with four goals in the last three league games. But Suárez already knows that the rojiblanco club does not have him next year and is looking for an area forward on the market for the 2022-23 campaign.
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In this context, Suárez lands in the Camp Nou to say goodbye to what was his hobby, that of Barcelona, which he could not say goodbye to in his day, nor with which he has been able to meet again during Atlético’s visits to the Barça coliseum due to Covid. Asked by the Uruguayan in the preview of the match that will measure Atlético and Barça, Simeone He was very cold with an answer in which he did not even name the striker: «When you put together an eleven, you look for the best situations of the footballers, both physically and mentally. And from there we will do the formation ».
With cunha more plugged into the team and Simeone reactivating Joao Felix, who entered the Catalan plans on two occasions, Suárez could start on the bench and become a shock during the game. Even so, it seems clear that the Barcelona fans will be able to fire the Uruguayan on the pitch, whose future seems far from the Spanish League next season. From England to Turkey There are many club names with which he is related, but there is still a long season to play.