Luis Suarez has reportedly terminated his Barcelona contract, MySportDab reports.
According to Spanish Newspaper RAC, Luis Suarez will join Atletico Madrid as a free agent despite rumours of a move to Juventus.
Luis Suarez’s move to Atlético Madrid, leaves Alvaro Morata free to leave the Spanish Club and play alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.
Morata To Juventus?
According to MySportDab sources, Alvaro Morata will now join Juventus on loan with an option to buy until the end of the season.
Juventus will pay €9m for the loan and the transfer includes a €45m buy option for the Serie A club until June 2021.
Juve also the option to extend Morata’s loan until June 2022.
Alvaro Morata will fly to Italy tomorrow.
Luis Suarez was expected to join Juventus after his trip to Italy but Barcelona Coach Ronald Koeman said that he was not part his plans.
Suarez passed his Italian exam in Perugia last week to acquire dual nationality.
Juventus were unable to sign any other non-EU players in this summer transfer window after the arrivals of Weston McKennie and Arthur Melo.
The 33-year-old was waiting for his passport to be approved before the transfer window closed on October 5.
However, Andrea Pirlo has admitted that the transfer is ‘difficult’.
The New Juventus Coach said: ‘Suarez is difficult because to get a passport takes time, it is complicated that he will be our new striker.’
The breakdown in his plans to join Juventus has allowed Atletico Madrid to hijack the transfer and now with Diego Simeone wants to plau Suarez alongside Diego Costa up front.
Alvaro Morata will move on and join Juventus for the 2020-21 Serie A season.
Morata was at Juventus for two years between 2014 and 2016 and was in the team that reached the 2015 Champions League final.
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