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 newspaper Sport that was confirmed and specified in ESPN Esports by sources in Barcelona, Confirming that the transfer of the Uruguayan striker was agreed on the basis of a fixed of 5 million euros and variables of up to another 6, divided into three concepts.
Atlético and Barça agreed on variables of two million euros for the Uruguayan striker to win all 20 official matches (he already took part in 23), to which two more will have to be added if Simeone’s team eliminates Chelsea and qualifies for the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The remaining two are pending according to the footballer’s performance next season. In the event that Suárez leaves the Metropolitan Wanda at the end of this academic year, these two million would have been disbursed automatically.
All these amounts, however, are contemplated only for accounting purposes so that the theoretical payments that Atlético should make will be deducted from the debt that Barcelona maintains with the Madrid club since the signing of Antoine Griezmann in the summer of 2019. .
Barça won Griezmann by paying the 120 million euros set out in its termination clause, but Atlético snatched a deal from him for another 15 million, which were officially set as a preferential purchase option for three players. of the mattress insole. This overpayment, however, was accepted by the former Barça president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, for the threat of the leaders to denounce Barcelona for having negotiated with the player when his clause, before the end of the 2018-19 season, was 200 million euros and not the 120 that went at the end of the course.
Atlético announced to Barça their intention to claim 80 million euros for this reason and the Barça club then negotiated this 15 million agreement to avoid going to court. Of this amount, the first 7 million have already been subtracted, waiting for the tie between Atlético and Chelsea …
What are not simple accounting notes, but money in, are the payments that Luis Suárez continues to receive from Barcelona. The Uruguayan player did not close his signing for Atlético de Madrid until the salary to be received by the mattress club was added to the amount needed by Barça to reach the nearly 18 million euros net he had for contract at the Camp Nou.
For this reason, in one way or another, Suárez continues to cost him money at Barcelona and the 11 million agreed with Atlético will not be effective.