Barcelona and the Luis Suárez camp have had a positive feeling from Tuesday night’s conversation, Spanish media report. Barcelona and Atlético Madrid reportedly have an agreement in principle about the attacker: a relatively low transfer fee and various variable bonuses. Barcelona and the Uruguayan lawyers are optimistic about a good settlement, according to the latest reports.

Chairman Josep Maria Bartomeu absolutely wants to prevent Suárez from leaving for a rival like Atlético on a free transfer, even though the club was initially willing to think along. The sports director had also promised the attacker that the club would pay out part of his salary so that he would earn the same amount in the first year at his new club as at the Camp Nou. When it became clear that not Juventus but Atlético had the best credentials el Pistolero However, Bartomeu indicated that he no longer wanted to keep this agreement.

Atlético should have been on the list of clubs that Suárez was not allowed to move to, Bartomeu stated. Atlético and Barcelona have not maintained a very good relationship for a few years and that came to light especially at the time of the transfer of Antoine Griezmann. After Tuesday evening’s maintenance, all noses are on the same page again and the ball is with Suárez. The former Ajax player reportedly already has an agreement in principle with Atlético on a contract until the summer of 2022 and an annual salary of nine million euros net. Suárez is said to have spoken with Diego Simeone several times over the past few days.

According to Marca chances are that Atlético and Barcelona will announce the transfer on Wednesday. With the departure of Álvaro Morata to Juventus, space was made at Atlético on Monday for the arrival of Suárez, who eventually received a golden handshake of seven million euros. The transfer fee and variable bonuses are easy for Atlético to cough up.