The Uruguayan striker signed for Los Rojiblancos ahead of the 2020/21 campaign and led Diego Simeone’s side all the way to the LaLiga title for the first time since 2013/14.
Suarez believes in Karma
Luis Suarez has openly expressed his unease about how Barcelona treated him in the summer of 2020 before he parted ways with the Blaugrana and joined Atletico Madrid. The Uruguayan striker signed for Los Rojiblancos ahead of the 2020/21 campaign and led Diego Simeone’s side all the way to the LaLiga title for the first time since 2013/14. “Yes, I believe in karma,” Suarez told reporters. “Karma, destiny, that they despise you, because I have not forgotten that last year in pre-season Barcelona sent me to train on my own to make me angry, and I was a professional despite that, as the coach said. I was a professional, and I would train every day without pouting because that is what I have to do. After all, I am like that, and fate will have its own end.”
Luis Suarez is proud because he beat Messi and Ronaldo and won two Golden Boots
Suarez stressed that he has been a leader at every club where he has featured in Europe and made clear that his Golden Boots are more valuable than any individual award were people are asked to vote on. “I like it; I like to assume that responsibility,” added Suarez. “I am a player who has fought a lot to be in the football elite because I have earned it the challenging way, statistically. For me, it’s not about an individual award that they want to give me by voting. I’ve always said it: I won two Golden Boots in the era of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, and I have to be proud because I beat them in terms of numbers, not because people voted for me, and that has a lot of value.”
“I assumed responsibility at Barcelona when Leo was not there. We played against Real Madrid, and I scored three goals without Leo. At Liverpool, there were similar occasions when Steven Gerrard, who was the benchmark, a legend for us, was not there. At Ajax, I was captain aged 21 or 22 years old. I have had to experience situations that I value very much. I have to be proud, and I came to a club like Atletico with many people believing that I was already, in quotation marks, on the descent. It was a demonstration of ambition, not to get bored with winning, of wanting this club to continue growing and, well, last year we’ve had was something unique. I am assuming the responsibility of the Suarez zone, as the coach said, but also enjoying that responsibility because it is nice to live with that pressure.”