BARCELONA – The signing of Luis Suárez by Atlético de Madrid could mean a total cost of 11 million for the mattress club, according to information from the newspaper Sport that was confirmed and specified to ESPN Deportes by Barcelona sources, confirming that the transfer of the Uruguayan striker was agreed on the basis of a fixed amount of EUR 5 million and variables of up to another 6, divided into three concepts.
Atlético and Barça have agreed on variables worth two million euros as soon as the Uruguayan striker has reached 20 official matches (he has already participated in 23), to which two more must be added if Simeone’s team eliminates Chelsea and qualifies for the League final. The champions of the quarterfinals. The remaining two are pending depending on the player’s performance next season. If Suárez leaves Wanda Metropolitano at the end of this course, these two million should be paid automatically.
All these amounts, however, are taken into account only for accounting purposes, because the theoretical payments that Atlético should make will be deducted from the debt that Barcelona has with the Madrid club since the signing of Antoine Griezmann in the summer of 2019.
Barça took Griezmann by paying the 120 million euros set in its termination clause, but Atlético began an agreement for another 15 million, which was officially established as a preferential purchase option for three players of the mattress team. However, this overpayment was accepted by the former president of Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu, due to the threat of the leaders to denounce Barcelona because he negotiated with the player when his clause, before the end of the 2018-19 season, was 200 million euro and not the 120 that were at the end of the course.
Atlético announced Barça’s intention to claim 80 million euros for this reason, and the Barça club then negotiated that 15 million agreement to avoid going to court. Of this amount, the first 7 million have already been deducted, pending the equality between Atlético and Chelsea …
What are not just accounting notes, but cash, are the payments that Luis Suárez still receives from Barcelona. The Uruguayan player did not sign for Atlético de Madrid until the necessary amount from Barça was added to the salary that the mattress club was to receive until he reached the almost 18 million euros net that he had under contract. at the Camp Nou.
Therefore, in one way or another, Suárez continues to cost money in Barcelona and the 11 million agreed with Atlético do not materialize.