Atlético de Madrid striker Luis Suárez said that he “would love for Messi to stay” at Barcelona, in an interview with Cope radio early Tuesday morning.
“As a friend and soccer fan and as what I am that is his companion, I would be happy, I would love it and that is what I would recommend (to stay),” said Luis Suárez, recently crowned league champion with Atlético.
“For what he has given the club, for what the club has given him, and he will always be grateful,” said Suárez.
Messi ends his contract with Barcelona on June 30, but the Barça captain has not yet renewed, although according to the local press, the one from Rosario would be inclined to continue at the Barcelona club.
Suárez and Messi ate together in Madrid a week ago, but the Uruguayan striker assured that his Barça friend did not tell him if he will stay or leave and that he had to pay “because he played home.”
Suárez continued to be hurt by the way Barcelona dispensed with his services.
“One is not going to go against Barcelona, it was the moment, the deal, because I think I have always behaved well with Barcelona,” said Suárez.
“I did not understand the forms,” added the Uruguayan striker, who stated that the club did “everything through the press”, without speaking to him.
Suárez assured that no former manager sent him a message to congratulate him on the League and acknowledge that they had made a mistake, “but I was about to send them a little photo.”
The Uruguayan striker declared himself happy at Atlético and assured that he will continue for another year. AFP. (JL).