Atletico Madrid Have Agreed Terms With Luis Suarez To Sign Striker From FC Barcelona, Report Claims

Atletico Madrid have reached an agreement with Luis Suarez in order to sign the striker from FC Barcelona, a report claims.

According to Mundo Deportivo on Monday morning in Spain, the Uruguayan will be offered a two-year deal past his 35th birtday, though Atleti must now focus on offloading Diego Costa.

Currently receiving 8mn per year, outfits such as Fenerbahçe are rumored to be interested in the Brazil-born former Spain international, but have not been forthcoming with a concrete offer.

Last appearing for the Blaugrana in the 8-2 destruction at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals last month, Suarez was told upon the appointment of new coach Ronald Koeman that he does not feature in the Dutchman’s plans for the upcoming 2020/2021 season.

Omitted from matchday squads for the three recent preseason friendlies against Gimnastic, Girona and Elche in the Joan Gamper trophy on Saturday, Suarez has flirted with a move to Juventus and even went to the lengths of faciliating the transfer by taking an Italian language test to gain citizenship.

With the Old Lady on the verge of signing Edin Dzeko from Roma instead, however, there is every risk that Suarez, their third all-time top scorer, will still be on the Catalans’ books if a suitor is not found to beat the October 5 transfer deadline.

Believed to earn around 20mn per-season, Suarez being moved on would also be a lot healthier for Barca’s accounting books given that they have lost 300mn during the coronavirus pandemic and the three-month pause it imposed on European top flight soccer.

Ivan Rakitic has already been shifted from the payroll and moved back to former club Sevilla, while Arturo Vidal is expected to be unveiled as a new Inter Milan midfielder any time soon after hashing out terms with Antonio Conte’s men.

In order to see Suarez out of the Camp Nou, it has been written that FCB will offer Suarez part of the earnings he would receive this season, while mindful that if he plays 60% of the total fixtures scheduled for the upcoming campaign an automatic one-year extension to his contract is guranteed.

Now that they have managed to reach an agreement with El Pistolero, though, the ball is now in Barca’s court to get the deal over the line with both the player and his potential future employers.