Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman regretted of letting Luis Suarez go to Atletico Madrid. Luis Suarez officially moved from Barcelona to Atletico Madrid in the 2020 summer transfer market. The 34-year-old striker was released by Barca after going through six phenomenal seasons with 195 goals and 113 assists in 283 matches.
Thanks to his contribution, Luis Suarez also managed to present various prestigious titles for the Blaugrana where the most fantastic moments occurred in the 2014-2015 season. At that time, El Pistolero, nicknamed for Luis Suarez, successfully led Barca to win the treble winners by winning the LaLiga, Copa del Rey and Champions League trophies.
Unfortunately, Luis Suarez’s romantic story with Barcelona had to end last season because his contract was not renewed. As a result, one of the fiercest strikers in Europe was released free of charge to Atletico Madrid.
In fact, Ronald Koeman, who is the new Barca coach, does not want to let Suarez go. However, the salary was so high that Barca had to let Suarez go in order to reduce the club’s financial burden. This decision clearly made Koeman, who still wanted Suarez to stay at Camp Nou, feel sorry.
Barca do not have the world’s top 9 striker in their current squad. Koeman felt it was inappropriate for Barca to let El Pistolero go to direct rivals in LaLiga. Sure enough, with Los Rojiblancos, the nickname of Atletico Madrid, Suarez again showed his fangs. In fact, currently Suarez leads the El Pichichi list, aka the Spanish League’s top scorer with a score of 14 goals. Hence, he has successfully brought Atletico to the top of the standings.
“You talk to the club and when I come as Barcelona coach, we have an opinion and I have information from the club. Then in the end you make a decision. You need to make this decision. If it goes well, then it doesn’t matter. However, if it doesn’t go well, then that is my job and that is the most important thing.”, said Koeman.
In fact, Barca was no better off after Luis Suarez left. In fact, Lionel Messi et al had difficulties at the beginning to mid-season, before the team’s performance improved and is now in second place, just below Atletico Madrid.
Ronald Koeman also said it would be ideal if the former striker left for Juventus. As is well known, Luis Suarez was the number one target of Juventus last summer. “We have changed, of course, and it would be better if Luis Suarez joined Juventus instead of Atletico Madrid, because he is still playing in the Spanish league,” said Koeman.
“However, we have to make such a decision. It is very difficult, but we have to show respect to the players and I think that is very important,” added Koeman.
