Veteran Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez complained about Barcelona's treatment of him in his last days with the team before joining Atlético de Madrid, saying that he cried over his feelings after being prevented from participating in a number of training matches for the team.
The "Pistolero" - after he scored in his country's 2-1 victory over his Chilean counterpart in the World Cup qualifiers last night - said, "These days were very difficult ... I cried because of what I suffered."
He added, "What saddens me most is the club's approach to dealing with me, because reality must be accepted when matters come to an end."
Suarez is Barcelona's third highest scorer in all ages, with 198 goals, which he scored during the 6 years he spent with the club, during which he won 4 titles in the Spanish League, the same in the King's Cup, and the Champions League title in 2015, but he had to leave a year before the end of his contract. .
After the new coach Ronald Koeman informed him that he was out of his accounts, Suarez was excluded from 3 pre-season matches for the Catalan team before the start of the season and an agreement was reached to contract with "Atlété" in a free transfer.
Not everyone knows what happened, but the worst thing was the exclusion from the team’s training matches after joining the group, Suarez said.
"My wife noticed my unhappiness, and she was eager to see me smile again, and this is what happened when I got the chance to join Atlético de Madrid."
In his debut with his new club, Suarez, 33, scored twice in his team's 6-1 victory over Granada, before his team scored two negative draws after that.
During a press conference the day before he signed for his new team, Suarez was in tears, while his former teammate Lionel Messi attacked the club management because of the way it dealt with Suarez.
And about that, Suarez said, "I was not surprised that Messi supported me publicly, because I know him well. He knew how much pain I was feeling, and he knew that being excluded from the team caused me the greatest pain."
"The club's approach to dealing with me was not appropriate, and Lionel knows the extent of my family's and I's suffering (as a result)."