Luis Suarez Leaves Barcelona For Atletico Madrid!
Luis Suarez Leaves Barcelona For Atletico Madrid! El Pistolero leaves after 6 very successful years in Barcelona. Ronald Koeman’s arrival at Barcelona sees the departure of Barcelona’s old guard. Players like Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic have also been deemed surplus to requirements.
Luis Suarez’s departure from Barcelona is more like a shove out of the club, rather than the player voluntarily leaving the Catalan giants. Luis Suarez was seen leaving the Barcelona training ground in tears on Wednesday afternoon.
Suarez joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2014 after a 75-million-euro fee was agreed. He joined at the back of a turbulent 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Uruguayan forward was suspended from all forms of football by FIFA for months.
This came after Suarez was guilty of biting Italian defender Georgio Chielinni on the shoulder. This was his third offence if this nature after two previous incidents in the Premier League and in the Eredivise.
Luis Suarez’s departure to Atletico Madrid sees an end to an era. When Suarez joined in 2014, he formed part of an historic trio of himself, Neymar and Lionel Messi. The three South Americans were dubbed the MSN.
They won the treble in their first season together, with Neymar and Suarez scoring in the UEFA Champions League Final. Lionel Messi was crowned the FIFA Best Player In The World. He also won the FIFA Puskas Award for goal of the year.
The Uruguayan forward leaves after a very successful 6-year spell in Barcelona. He won 4 La Liga titles, 4 Copa Del Rey titles, 2 Super Cups, 1 FIFA Club World Cup, 1 UEFA Super Cups & 1 UEFA Champions League.
Even more impressively, Luis Suarez leaves as Barcelona’s third highest top scorer of all time. His 198 goals in 283 games. Even more impressive is the fact that he was able to win the European Golden Boot in the Messi and Ronaldo era.
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