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Late yesterday, the signing of

by Atlético was finally unlocked.

Throughout the day,

refusal to

open the door to the Uruguayan striker

floated

, and less to the rojiblanco club, with whom he had lived a tough dispute a year ago with the signing of

.

The Barça club demanded an amount close to 10 million euros, while the buyer, Atlético, only valued the operation if the Uruguayan arrived with the freedom letter under his arm.

The player's lawyers met late in the afternoon with the Barça leaders and ended up unraveling the matter.

The solution: Atlético will pay for objectives and not a fixed amount, as they claimed at Barça.

A little over a year ago, Bartomeu was digging and lifting stones at full speed.

He was looking for no less than 120 million euros to pay the Griezmann clause.

It had been months since Barcelona had reached an agreement with him and, after the premature announcement of the Frenchman, they had to accelerate the search for the money that was worth the freedom of the then Atlético star.

It was necessary to end a story that started in 2018, with the painful rudeness of the forward.

That documentary, produced by

, had a surprising ending for the Barça noble zone.

The following summer, with the operation well planned and Antoine's desire to leave Madrid, Barça found the inflexible stance from the Metropolitan's offices.

With the preseason underway, and the forward without training, finally the suffered bank transfer of 120 million arrived that ended up unraveling the operation.

But the story did not end there.

Later came a complaint to LaLiga del Atlético for having negotiated with their flagship player, while they were at the most decisive moment of the course.

This newspaper revealed that the rojiblanco team had in its possession a chain of emails when the signing was finalized, in which the distribution of 14 million in commissions was agreed.

The fact is that Barça ended up signing the peace in exchange for 15 million and the right of first refusal on five footballers, among whom were

and

.

It was already autumn when the Griezmann case was shelved.

Or so it seemed...

The freedom letter

This memory is relevant to explain a good part of the situation that Atlético has suddenly encountered with Luis Suárez.

The day that

told him by phone that he would not be counting on him (August 24),

eyes went wide.

And, practically from that moment, the Argentine coach has done everything possible to persuade the striker that the Metropolitano was his best possible destination.

The telephone line has been open between the two during these weeks and has been key for the Uruguayan to be within a foot of rojiblanco clothing.

But that span, essential for the operation to be real, is his letter of freedom.

The matter was so directed that

appeared in Turin to undergo the medical examination with Juventus, also convinced that the official announcement of his return to Italy was imminent.

The assignment (with a purchase option for 45 million) would report about 10 million to the rojiblanca entity.

A figure that, added to the dust caused by Griezmann's convoluted signing and the possibility of reinforcing a direct rival, has ended up making Bartomeu change his mind, despite the fact that he was not on the initial list of teams vetoed by the Barça club the Athletic one.

So, Morata is still waiting for someone to fill his void so that his return to Juventus, four years later, ends up being a reality.

Suárez was able to finish there, taking an Italian test in Perugia last week to obtain nationality, an essential requirement for a signing that was frustrated along the way.

The prosecution is now investigating whether he falsified that test, after, allegedly, reaching an agreement with members of the university.

10 million annually

So, Atlético presented itself as the best destination.

His verbal agreement with Suárez, which fits in millimeter with what Simeone is looking for for his attack, is total.

Even the figures for his new contract, close to the 10 million that

and

, those who

earn

the most from the squad, are currently receiving, are outlined.

However, Atlético does not want (nor can it) pay a transfer for a player that would add a little more weight to his already large salary mass.

The year of contract that the Uruguayan still has left, who will turn 34 in January, is the main obstacle that yesterday stood in a way that seemed clear on Monday.

Hence the surprise of both the Madrid club and the tip.

Those embers left by the Griezmann airlift have burned again.

Yesterday, Atlético, determined not to change its position, was trying to solve a complicated mess.

He had gotten rid of his top scorer of the season, Morata (16 goals), without having tied the hiring of his replacement.

Because the premise of this year in the rojiblanco club, as in so many others, is to sell before buying.

So, in those, the name of

reappeared

, so appetizing in January and that now, eight months later, it would be a second course.

The former PSG player has not played for half a year and has been waiting since July 1 to be recruited.

But now it is no longer the priority for Simeone.

The priority is Suárez.

The Argentine is aware of every detail of that movement.

And that there is another name - "a covered" -.

But none like Luis.

Now it is no longer up to him or his persuasion.

That war between Atlético and Barça that generated Griezmann's departure keeps the situation at a standstill.

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