Luis Suarez has slammed Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman for missing persona and additionally hit out at former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu after successful La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
The 34-year-old striker was controversially allowed to go away Barca for home rivals Atletico after six profitable seasons at Camp Nou.
Suarez responded by firing in 21 targets in 32 league matches for Atletico, together with two of their remaining two matches in priceless wins in opposition to Osasuna and Real Valladolid.
The Uruguay ahead has often mentioned how harm he was by his Barca departure and checked out it from a contemporary angle after displaying his emotion when Atletico received over the road to assert league glory.
“I will always be grateful to Barcelona and I’m never going to go against Barcelona, they have given me everything and allowed me to get to the elite,” Suarez mentioned.
“But clearly the president [Bartomeu] mentioned every thing within the press as a substitute of calling me.
“Then the second they wished Leo [Messi] to remain they known as me to make use of me to persuade him, to speak to [Antoine] Griezmann — so why did not they name me once they wished me to go away?
“Koeman instructed me I wasn’t in his plans, then he mentioned, ‘If we do not determine this out by tomorrow, you are again in my plans and I’m relying on you in opposition to Villarreal’.
“I noticed then that the person had no persona. He was not sturdy sufficient to inform me I used to be not wanted.
“No one [from Barca’s management has] congratulated me, but I nearly sent them a photo!”
Suarez added he would discover it “impossible” to go away Atletico forward of subsequent season, the membership having confirmed he’ll keep for the second 12 months of his contract ought to he want to take action.
Atletico boss Diego Simeone, in the meantime, has mentioned the circumstances round signing Suarez, insisting he was not going to let the chance slide.
“I was very happy from the first day I spoke with him, I had already spoken with him when he was at Liverpool, in an effort for him to sign with us but he chose Barcelona,” Simeone mentioned.
