Luis Suárez, Simeone's solution to Atlético's problems against goal

• Hernán Bonvicini, the coach who came out of nowhere

A little more than a month ago, in the reserved floor of the Cervecería Ramiro de Lisboa, the leadership of Atlético cleaned the accounts of the season and scribbled the main foundations of the following season, which was already beginning to appear before it had concluded the strange 19/20 course.

The unexpected hit against Leipzig, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, made the odd number dance from a tight budget to the point of suffocation due to the coronavirus crisis.

But in that project there was an idea in which everyone agreed: a scorer was needed.

had emphasized it

, after his team completed the worst scoring record since his arrival: 51 goals in LaLiga.

But, beyond the complexity of finding a decisive battering ram at once, it happened that it had to be achieved in the most unlikely market in the recent history of football.

So, the only possible formula to carry out an operation like this was, in the first place, to open the door to some of the footballers with the most pedigree (and the largest payroll) and, above all, to wait until, as the days go by, the market uncovered a good opportunity.

And yesterday, six days before Atlético takes its first step in LaLiga -on Sunday (4:00 pm), against Granada-, two windows were opened almost at the same time.

(27 years old), the top scorer of the previous year, with 16 goals, asked to leave for Juventus, where

, his former teammate and now coach, has whispered that he would be important again with the Alps, as already it was between 2014 and 2016.

There he met his wife, the model

and mother of his three children, and there he began to be important in Europe.

Without the title secured with Simeone, who claimed him already in 2016, and with the sting of his substitution in the most important game of the year, against Leipzig, where he only played the last 18 minutes, Morata believes that there, next to

, will be able to continue growing.

Yesterday he didn't even train.

Salary cap

However, for Morata to end up on loan in Turin, and for Juventus to have a purchase option, first things first.

«If it is possible to close a 9 of guarantees, it will be transferred.

If not, no ”, they transmitted yesterday from the offices of the rojiblanco club.

Only three months before they had paid 55 million to Chelsea to complete a signing that started in the form of a loan in January 2019 and was completed a year and a half later.

And in those, it happened that Luis Suárez, who was one inch from Juve, finally dissociated himself from Barça.

According to RAC1, after forgiving part of his file and obtaining the freedom letter.

An essential requirement for Atlético to be able to undertake an operation that seemed well cooked by the Turin team.

The tip knows from the mouth of

,

or

many of the rojiblancos secrets.

Even Simeone fantasized about him when he was dazzling at Liverpool.

That operation, prior to his signing for Barcelona, ​​ended up being an impossible dream due to the financial demands and the battered pocket that Atlético had at the time.

The Argentine coach has always looked favorably on the Uruguayan, who has many of the qualities that he has been longing for in his forwards.

The fundamental, beyond the warrior spirit, is the aim.

Only that

of the 13/14 season (27 goals in LaLiga),

(28 goals in 12/13 and 24 in 12/11) and

(reached 22 in 15/16) have completed those scoring expectations with the Argentine coach, who wants to have a lethal 9.

Suárez, in the stands of the Camp Nou during the Joan Gamper Trophy.EFE

If his signing takes place, he would do so with one of the highest chips in the squad along with

and, if he completes the season that remains on his contract, Diego Costa.

Now the same salary cap is marked by 10 million net of both players.

Yesterday's message from Atlético is that there were several options that were being worked on.

And, of course, Luis Suárez's was one of them.

Despite the two months that he was without competing (the pandemic allowed him to arrive on time at the end of the season), he scored 21 goals.

That is, the same that added between Morata and Costa.

34 years in January

The operation is partly reminiscent of

, in that summer of 2013. The 31-year-old Asturian arrived from Barcelona as a replacement for Falcao, paying the Barça club two million per season.

Villa only played one season, but his performance was decisive for the rojiblancos, together with Costa, to lift LaLiga and reach the Champions League final.

Until October 5, when this atypical transfer market closes, there may be movements in this Atlético that, like the rest of the teams, moves in the middle of that war economy that has marked the crisis.

It is not even certain that, if he lands in the Metropolitan, Luis Suárez will have Costa as a partner.

Nor that there will be

,

was the most expensive signing in the club's history, or defender

.

What is certain is that Morata wants to return to Italy and that, for that, a guaranteed striker has to arrive.

And that the Uruguayan striker, despite his 33 years (34 in January), continues to be one of the best guarantees against the goal of this market.

That is why Simeone wants to have you by her side.

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