Luis Suarez says he appreciates the support of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi during his transfer saga.
Upon Suarez signing for Atletico Madrid, Messi launched a social media attack against the Barca board for the way his former teammate had been treated.
Suarez recalled: “We are great, I had been in Barcelona for 6 years and there were other ways of talking to me, telling me that the club was planning to change its scene … but the ways were not good and that also bothered Leo. He knows what we suffered and how bad we had it at that time.
“I was not surprised that Messi supported me publicly because I know him so well. I already knew the pain he felt, how he said it and how I said it. The behaviour, the feeling that they are throwing you out this way is what hurts the most.”
Suarez says the pressure of leaving Barcelona for Atletico Madrid left him in tears.
Between being told by coach Ronald Koeman to leave Barca and joining Atletico, Suarez also saw a move to Juventus fall through.
He admitted: “Those days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, until the time of the debut, were very complicated.
“I cried for what I was having to live. I did not take very well the messages from the club that they were looking for a solution for a change of scene. For the behaviour, more than anything, because one has to accept when you complete a cycle.
“There are things that were not known, but to go to train and they send you aside because you are not part of the 11 against 11 game…”
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