Suárez-Atlético, from agreement to doubts: now Barcelona slows down

The night always brings advice. Josep Maria Bartomeu has realized that it is not a very good idea to pay Luis Suárez half of the hefty salary of the 20-21 season and give it free to Atlético de Madrid, a direct competitor for the fight in La Liga, and a possible rival too in the Champions. . The Barça president recalled the case of David Villa, who followed the same path years ago, and the idea led him to freeze a deal that was already closed for the Spanish newspapers on newsstands this morning. And meanwhile, Perugia’s investigation into the scam in the exam to obtain Italian citizenship has also fallen on Luis Suárez.

Perfect Crime

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Let’s see how it ends, but with Álvaro Morata already in Turin, Cholo Simeone runs the risk of having to look for a striker elsewhere. And Atlético risks seeing an operation that seemed like a perfect criminal leap: charging Juventus 10 million for the loan of Morata, never considered essential by Simeone, and taking Luis Suárez, Barcelona’s third scorer, for free.

Happy Suarez

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It was Cholo who convinced the Pistolero to join him once his passage to Juve ran aground. And between Suárez and Atlético they have devised a brilliant plan: Luis has accepted from Barcelona to take over half of the net 15 million he earns each year (contract until 2021 automatically renewable for one more year in case of participation in 60% of the matches blaugrana) and to receive 18 million net in two years from Atlético. In practice, in the first year he won almost as much as at Barça (where he reached 17 net with a series of easily achievable bonuses) and guaranteed another 9 million insurance for the 21-22 season.

Braking

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Atlético paid Suárez’s salary with money raised by Juventus. Barcelona lightened the very high salary, yes, but exposing themselves to a tremendous risk by offering their Madrid rival one that last year scored 16 goals in La Liga (and 5 in the Champions League). Bartomeu did not sleep there and is now slowed down. Let’s see what will happen during the day.