BARCELONA – The signing of Luis Suárez by Atlético de Madrid could mean a total cost of 11 million to the mattress club, according to information from the Sport newspaper which was confirmed and specified to ESPN Deportes by sources in Barcelona, which confirmed that the transfer of the Uruguayan attacker was agreed on the basis of a lump sum of 5 million euros and some variables up to another 6, broken down into three concepts.
Atlético and Barça agreed on variables of two million euros once the Uruguayan striker made 20 official matches (he has already participated in 23), to which two more are to be added if Simeone’s team eliminates Chelsea and qualifies for the Champions League quarter finals -final. The remaining two are pending the player’s performance next season. In the event that Suárez leaves the Wanda Metropolitano at the end of this course, those two million should be paid automatically.
However, all of these amounts are considered for accounting purposes only as the theoretical payments that Atlético should make are deducted from the debt Barcelona has had with the Madrid club since Antoine Griezmann’s signing in the summer of 2019.
Barça took over Griezmann by paying the 120 million euros stipulated in its termination clause, but Atlético entered into an agreement for an additional 15 million, which was officially set as a preferred buy option for three players of the mattress group. However, this overpayment was accepted by former Barça president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, due to the leaders’ threat to denounce Barcelona for negotiating with the player when his clause, before the end of the 2018 season / 19, 200 million. euros and not the 120 that were at the end of the course.
Atlético made known to Barça his intention to claim 80 million euros for that reason and the Barça club then negotiated that 15 million agreement to avoid going to court. The first 7 million have already been deducted from that amount, pending the draw between Atlético and Chelsea …
What are not simple accounting notes, but cash, are the payments Luis Suárez continues to receive from Barcelona. The Uruguayan player did not close his signing with Atlético de Madrid until the necessary amount from Barça was added to the salary the mattress club was to receive, until he reached the net amount of almost 18 million euros he had under contract at Camp. Well.
That’s why Suárez continues to cost Barcelona money somehow and the 11 million agreed with Atlético is not coming to fruition.