Luis Suárez says goodbye to FC Barcelona: tears and taunts Bartomeu | Video | News today | Spanish League

Luis Suárez ended his cycle in Barcelona after six years in which he scored 198 goals (the club’s third historic striker) and won 13 titles. This Thursday the Uruguayan had the opportunity to say goodbye to the Catalan team, in a heartfelt press conference.

The Uruguayan was accompanied by five players from the squad: Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, Gerard Piqué, Sergi Roberto and Sergio Busquets.

Next to Suárez was Josep María Bartomeu, president of the club, who in his introduction said: “I want to highlight his contribution with character and struggle. On behalf of all the Catalans in the world, I thank you. May you be very happy on and off the field. For you and your family, Barça is your home forever ”.

Then came the intervention of the charrúa, who was broken by feeling and tears for his farewell. “It is very difficult for me. First of all, thank the club, who trusted me after a mistake I made before signing. I will always be grateful for the treatment received. All people know the effort. I leave many friends here. A human being who has feelings leaves. Thanks to my family, who are the ones who have endured and lived everything with me. The good they have enjoyed and the bad they have encouraged me. But I keep everything cute. That my children see me lift trophies and raise goals, that they see me next to the best in history. That for me is going to stay. Thank the fans for all the affection, which values ​​me, and that I will never forget. They will always have one more culé wherever they are ”.

In one of the questions they asked him, Suárez took the opportunity to give Bartomeu a taunt. The Uruguayan was asked if he was blaming himself for his departure from Barcelona, ​​to which the ‘Pistolero’ against asked: Me or … ?! ” making a gesture almost that pointing to the president of the club.

And then he said: “It’s in a joking tone, after each one grabs it as they want. I am not going to please anyone, today is my farewell, I am leaving as the great player I was, because of the numbers and the history I made.