Thrown, evacuated, dumped.
It is as such that one could qualify the way in which FC Barcelona sold Luis Suarez this summer to Atlético Madrid.
Having become undesirable, the player had to pack his bags for the capital after tough negotiations between all parties.
A transfer that finally revived the Uruguayan.
Considered by many to be finished after a lackluster Catalan last season, Luis Suarez had scored "only" 16 goals in 28 matches under the blaugrana tunic.
16 achievements, this is already what he has totaled this season in the league with the Colchoneros, in 19 matches.
The former Liverpool player is one of the great architects of this rather incredible Madrid season while the "Atleti" is comfortably installed on the throne of La Liga with nine points ahead of… Barça.
His reunion with the Catalan club had also had to be canceled, Luis Suarez having tested positive for Covid-19 at the end of November 2020. This did not prevent his teammates from winning at home against the Barcelona rival (1- 0).
Barcelona's finances do not forget Suarez
"The gunslinger" is still at the heart of FC Barcelona's finances since the Blaugrana club has paid him this season the tidy sum of 7.5 million euros in salary.
Still happy that he did not score against his former club, it would be dear defeat.
In any case, it is more than what Barça will receive from Madrid with this transfer.
Sport reveal that the two clubs had agreed on the cancellation of a Barcelona debt in exchange for Suarez.
The Catalans owed the Colchoneros five million euros, a vestige of a call option on five Madrid players including Saul Niguez and Gimenez, who had been included in Antoine Griezmann's transfer to Barcelona.
The Matelassiers could however have to pay up to six million euros in bonus.
Two million if Suarez plays 20 matches.
It is already done.
Two million if he reaches the quarter-finals of the Champions League this year.
And the last two million if he repeats this performance in C1 next season.
The operation is almost perfect for Atlético Madrid who has not been crowned Spanish champion since 2014. The excellent form of the Uruguayan could lead the Colchoneros to the eleventh title in their history.
It would be the fifth title for Suarez, who has already won four between 2015 and 2020 with his previous club.
If the Uruguyen is soaring in the league with already eight goals scored in 2021, he is a little more in the hard in the Champions League.
Even if, in his defense, he had not been able to play two of his team's six matches in the group stage, still the fault of the Covid-19.
In four C1 matches this season, he has yet to score a goal.
Atlético are counting on their striker to qualify against Chelsea, whose round of 16 first leg will take place next Tuesday in Bucharest.
Luis Suarez could be paired again with Angel Correa in attack in Atlético Madrid's game against Levante on Saturday.
The Colchoneros will be keen to do better than last Wednesday when they had already conceded a draw (1-1) against Levante, in a late match.
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