Atlético Madrid, hung 1-1 by Sevilla FC on Sunday for the 37th and penultimate day of La Liga, announced a few minutes before kick-off that Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez was going to leave the club at the end of the season.
“At the end of the match, the Wanda-Metropolitano will pay tribute to Luis Suarez and Hector Herrera, who are leaving the + atlética + family today (Sunday, editor’s note), “said the Madrid club in a message posted on Twitter.
“At the end of the game, don’t get up from your seat, because we will live a very special moment,” asked Atléti, with the hashtags #GraciasSuarez and #GraciasHerrera.
“I want to thank all the Atlético fans one by one. The affection you showed me from the moment I arrived impressed me, I will not forget it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And my teammates I tried to give it back to you on the pitch, I gave myself 200% for the club that opened its doors to me”, confided Suarez following the final whistle.
– “I keep Atlético in my heart” –
“I will retain all the love of the people in the street on a daily basis, despite not having been able to take advantage of the supporters last season. I keep Atlético in my heart. Aupa Atléti!”, greeted the “Pistolero” Uruguayan.
once morest Sevilla, Suarez was established at the forefront of the attack alongside Antoine Griezmann, his former teammate at FC Barcelona. Herrera, for his part, started the game on the substitutes’ bench.
During the match, supporters of the 2021 Spanish champions sang songs in praise of the centre-forward and unfurled a banner that read “Thank you +Lucho+ for making us champions” as a thank you to the player. ‘Uruguayan.
Suarez was replaced by Matheus Cunha in the 65th minute, and left very emotional, before bursting into tears on the bench. Herrera, he entered in the 78th in place of Rodrigo de Paul.
“Luis Suarez is a wonderful player and a great person. He deserves everything that happens to him at this club and he will always have a special place here. At the museum, at the stadium, anywhere, Luis Suarez will have pride of place. We will keep very good memories of him. He was a magnificent player, one of those who helped us win La Liga (in 2020-2021, editor’s note)”, greeted Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético Madrid, before kick-off on Movistar +.
The Uruguayan striker, 35 and out of contract this summer, has still not said a word regarding his future.
According to the press, the Mexican international midfielder (32) will be transferred at the end of the season to Houston Dynamo, in MLS.
