Luis Suárez spoke very clearly about his last days at Barcelona during an interview they conducted in El Transistor de Onda Cero. And he was very critical of Bartomeu's management and came out in defense of his friend Leo Messi.
When they tell him they don't have him
“It was very hard for me. I have had very difficult times. I did not expect. There are certain rumors that come to one … That's what bothered me the most. The forms, the moment is what I did not like. The coach told me. One day he calls me and tells me that he will not count on me. I replied that it is perfect, I told him that the club would contact me because I had a current contract … They even offered me the possibility of not showing up for the preseason, and I told them no that I had to continue working. They told me it was a coach's decision. I didn't get to talk to Bartomeu. My lawyer spoke everything ”.
Messi criticized the way they let him go
“There are many people within Barcelona who think that too. By the way, for the moment … There are times when you have to understand that the club wants to change. I did not put any but at no time. I wanted to make things easier, I didn't want to do any problem. People don't know it but I could have stayed at Barcelona. He believed in my conditions. I know I could end up playing. But at least when it went wrong, they were going to criticize me again. He needed a change out of pride. It was a decision that was very clear to him ”.
People don't know it but I could have stayed at Barcelona
Barcelona situation
“What matters to me is that things are going well for us. Many people think that it is easy to play for Barcelona, but nothing of that. You play every three days, and you always have to play well. You have a lot of pressure. I think that now I am showing that the goals I made throughout my career I did on my own merits. I didn't score so many goals because I was playing for Barcelona or because I was playing alongside the best player in the world like Leo ”.
They thought their career was over
“There are many people who thought so. Many people believed that he was not going to be at the level. But now things are working out for me. When the forward is sweet, you have to take advantage of this moment.
Injury
“My knee doesn't hurt anymore. I think that at the time I hurried to recover before to help the team. And now I realize that I should have been more selfish. I take great care of myself. I even have a masseur and a cook who helps me with my food ”.
My knee doesn't hurt anymore. In due course I hurried to recover before to help the team
Relationship with Messi
“I keep friends with a lot of people at Barcelona. This Thursday I spoke with Messi in the afternoon. He was happy for the victory against Granada. He is a player who has to be at the level he has to be, for something he is the best in the world. Our friendship developed from day to day. We started to drink mate, you got together, then you saw each other with the children. Being the same age. The women have a good relationship and the children are the same age ”.
Retire playing with Messi
“Honestly, one always dreams and thinks about retiring at the highest level but as the years go by, it shows. It is costing more and more. Leo will have his desire to retire wherever he wants in Newells, in Barcelona, in the United States … wherever he wants. When we retire continue. In March we played against. It is a utopia what can be said today. I am happy at Atlético and he has to make a decision. When we are already retired we will surely end up playing together in a friendly ”.
I am happy at Atlético and Leo has to make a decision
Decisions in the club
“They never asked me for any kind of decision. And when they asked Leo, he told them to do what they wanted.
Bartomeu's resignation
“I was not surprised by Bartomeu's resignation. Things are given for a reason. If they happened like this, it will be because things have not been done well ”.
Leo's contract in El Mundo
“I was surprised to read it in the press. I do not see any reason, I do not understand how people can be so evil. With everything that has generated the club. It is true that a player is not above a club but nobody has given as much to a club as in his case. I don't know who it was. It is as they have said, there are four or five people who know it ”.
About the contract? I don't understand how people can have such evil
Relationship with Griezmann
It is totally a lie. From the first moment we tried to give him a feeling in the dressing room. That's something that surprises you when you listen to it. And it is that in soccer you cannot go out to answer everything that people comment ”.