Luis Suárez asked to renew by four seasons more with the Barça

The name of Luis Suárez has been sounding during several days, and this time is not precisely by his positive in coronavirus, but because they knew the details of his last stage in the Barcelona club and his requirements to follow playing in the Camp Nou. As TV3, the 'gunman' asked him to the Barça an agreement of renewal by four seasons during his last months, since his links expired on 30 June 2021.

Of this form, with the enlargement of his agreement would dress the Barcelona T-shirt until the 37 years. However, to the club did not like him the idea by the high age and the performance that had showed in the last months, in addition to the problems that was suffering in his knee.

Josep Maria Bartomeu (president for that then), was had to award him an extention of two seasons, considering that it still could be him useful to the team, since there were difficulties to find to nine. In 2016 Luis Suárez had renewed his agreement with the FC Barcelona until June of the 2021, with a clause of rescission in 200 million euros.

It fits to stand out that it was the same Uruguayan the one who asked to the club that fichara a substitute that could go giving him the relief, but the arrival of Ronald Koeman finish with all the negotiations. The Barcelona group communicated him to Suárez that it did not have he, through a brief telephone call of the same Koeman, something that disappointed to the Uruguayan.

A goodbye that anybody expected

Luis Suárez was five seasons in the Barcelona, marked 196 goals and raised 15 titles. His exit of the Camp Nou was disappointing by the forms, affecting to all the fans and until to the own Lionel Messi, his big fellow inside and out of the field.

Later, after some long negotiations, Suárez accepted the proposal of the Athletic of Madrid, club with the signed until 30 June 2022. In return, the rojiblancos would pay six millions in variables, what hinted that the one who the footballer left free so that the Barcelona remain freed of one of the most elevated index cards of the staff (30 millions by season).