Luis Suarez has finally left Barcelona for Atletico Madrid after a six-year stint at the Nou Camp, the Spanish clubs said on Wednesday.
Barca’s statement said Atletico will pay the Catalans €6m (£5.5m) in bonus payments to sign the 33-year-old. The Uruguay striker, who is Barca’s third all-time top scorer with 198 goals in all competitions, had a year left on his contract with the club.
“Atletico Madrid and Barcelona have reached an agreement for the transfer of Luis Suarez, subject to a medical and the formal agreement of a new contract for the Uruguayan striker with our club,” Atletico said in their statement.
Barca added: “Barcelona would like to publicly express its gratitude to the player for his commitment and wishes him all the success in the future.”
Suarez will replace Alvaro Morata in Atletico’s front line after the Spanish striker was loaned to Juventus for a season with an option to buy.
Suarez, who joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2014, leaves the club having won the Champions League, four La Liga titles and four Copa del Rey trophies.
Suarez becomes the third striker in recent years to switch between the two La Liga clubs after David Villa was sold to Atletico in 2013 while Antoine Griezmann moved to Barca last year. (Independent)
