Luis Suarez will link up with La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid ahead of the new season after having just bid a tearful, emotional farewell to his former teammates, leaving Camp Nou after six years with the club. With this move, not only are Barca losing a brilliant player, but they\u2019ve again managed to stir up again the proverbial hornet\u2019s nest and riled star man Lionel Messi too.<\/p>\n
Responding to Suarez sharing a goodbye message on social media, the Argentine said:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou deserved a farewell befitting who you are: one of the most important players in the history of the club, achieving great things for the team and on an individual level.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou did not deserve for them to throw you out like they did. But the truth is that at this stage nothing surprises me any more.\u201d<\/p>\n
This being taken into the context wherein Messi frankly expressed his own desire to leave earlier this summer, his latest comments will not bring much hope and comfort to Barca\u2019s supporters.<\/p>\n
Yes, he\u2019ll be staying at the club for one more season \u2013 and no longer, that much could be inferred from his tone of voice. However, Barcelona\u2019s captain isn\u2019t the only one upset with the board as, according to Marca, head coach Ronald Koeman \u2013 who probably fancied himself as the horseman of the Barca apocalypse charging in on his trusty steed \u2013 is also beginning to lose trust in those airheads running the club who had paved the way for his brusque entry.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, that\u2019s a lot of food for thought and rather worrying, considering he\u2019s only been at Camp Nou for one month.<\/p>\n
Koeman, now noticeably a trifle subdued, has reportedly told close friends that he feels the board have \u2018unnecessarily left him in a very uncomfortable situation\u2019 in regards to the squad. Per Marca, the controversy shrouding the ignominious manner in which Suarez was pushed to leave the club, coupled with the lack of new signings, has put the Dutchman in an uncomfortable and compromising scenario he hadn\u2019t envisaged when he filled the seat vacated by Quique Setien in August.<\/p>\n
The Dutchman now feels the president and other directors have left him \u2018defenseless\u2019 while having to work with the members of the squad who are revolting against new decisions.<\/p>\n
With La Liga kicking off again this weekend, it\u2019s definitely a far from ideal situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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