Suarez and Messi played together at Barcelona for 6 years, winning 13 titles. However, the way they left Camp Nou left both of them unhappy.

Suarez was one of the victims of Barcelona’s disastrous 2019-2020 season – a season that failed to win the club’s first title in 12 years. Coach Ronald Koeman informed the Uruguayan striker just a few days after he became the new coach of Blaugrana, that he no longer had a future at the club. But according to Suarez, the Dutch coach is simply following the wishes of President Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Barca’s president publicly said that Suarez could leave by not including his name in the list of players he considered “untouchable”. However, the striker affirmed that Bartomeu never told him directly.

“The president talked about it in the press instead of calling me,” he shared with El Partidazo de COPE . “When they wanted Leo [Messi] to stay, they came to me to convince him, then asked me to talk to [Antoine] Griezmann… So why can’t they communicate directly when they want me? leave? Or why didn’t the coach come and tell me that he wanted another striker?

“Koeman nói rằng tôi không nằm trong kế hoạch. Sau đó, ông ấy lại bảo, nếu vụ này trôi qua, tôi sẽ đưa cậu vào danh sách sử dụng. Ông ta không có tiếng nói và cũng không dám lên tiếng. Quyết định bán tôi đến từ Ban Lãnh đạo.”