Luis Suarez says he will make a 'statement' vs Barcelona IF he scores for Atletico Madrid

Former Barcelona superstar Luis Suarez's six-season stint at Camp u was brought to an abrupt end after club decided to terminate his contract. striker went on to join Spanish rivals Atletico Mrid on a two-season deal, finishing as third-highest goalscorer in history of Barcelona. Speaking on humiliation by Catalans, Suarez insists he will respond to his former club when he comes up against m in LaLiga. 

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Suarez, family hurt by Barcelona 

Speaking to ESPN, Suarez revealed that he was kept in dark about his Barcelona exit. He furr stated that he got to kw of his exit only through media reports. 33-year-old Uruguay international was reportedly deemed excess to requirements by new manr Ronald Koeman. 

Suarez lashed out at club, stating that Barcelona hurt him and his family deeply during final days of transfer window. Uruguayan stated that club did t bor informing him about his exit until Koeman called him 10 days after he alrey knew from media reports. striker insists that he always urged club to sign a new striker who could compete with him, but Barcelona never paid heed to his request. 

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Suarez insists he won't celebrate but will make his point kwn

After a fractured relationship with Barcelona, Suarez was asked if he would still celebrate after scoring against Catalan giants with Atletico Mrid. 33-year-old asserted that he wouldn't celebrate against Barcelona, but he would surely point somewhere to make his statement kwn to his former club.

Suarez will come up against his former club for first time at Wanda Metropolita on vember 22. While it was earlier believed that Koeman lacked trust in Suarez's ability to partner Lionel Messi this season, manr refuted those claims in an interview with S.

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Koeman insists Suarez should have proved him wrong 

Dutch tactician claims that it was well within Suarez's rights to decide his next move. H he continued at Barcelona, he would be treated as just ar member of squ. Koeman claimed it could have been better for former Liverpool man to prove manr wrong. 

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