On July 20, Olympique Marseille announced the signing of Luis Suárez for five seasons. The 25-year-old forward arrived with great expectations for what had been done in Granada, however, the Croatian coach Igor Tudor took little into account and that is why he sought his departure. Almería will be his new team, He comes on loan with a mandatory purchase option if the Spanish team maintains the category for next season.
It took several days for the negotiation between the two clubs to be agreed. The French ended up giving the endorsement for the negotiation after consulting with the coach, who during the 4 months he had it He barely used it in 11 games, only 3 as a starter. Suárez could never find a place in the starting team and although he scored 3 goals and provided 1 assist, It was not enough to convince the DT.
His last score was in the French league on date 9 of the tournament when they visited Angers, that day he also gave assistance. In the Champions League he participated little and in France they questioned his performance the only time he started against Tottenham in England. “He ended up disappearing completely during the second half, especially after Mbemba’s red card”, said the press of that country at that time.
Almería, Luis Suárez’s sixth team in Europe
The Colombian who accumulates 60 goals in 243 games as a professional. He started in Granada after leaving Leones in Colombia and was always playing in Spanish territory in first and second clubs before his short stint in France. His best performance so far has been with Real Zaragoza, a team in which he scored 19 goals in 39 games, with an average of 0.48 per game.
He also went through Gimnastic Tarragona and Real Valladolid. His last team before arriving at Olympique was Granada, in which he scored 15 goals in 75 games, Thanks to his performance, he aroused the interest of the French who, shortly after confirming him as a reinforcement, announced Alexis Sánchez, who in a way took away his prominence.
In Almería he will meet the Spanish coach, Rubi, whose initial preferred system is 4-1-4-1 with only one striker in the lead, position occupied by the Brazilian Lázaro and El Bilal Touré from Mali. Sometimes he breaks into a 5-3-2 leaving two men up front. The team is in 14th position in the LaLiga table with 16 points, just 3 from the relegation zone.
Suárez will have the challenge of helping his new team to maintain the category with goals so that they can execute the purchase option and continue in Spain, the place where for now he has been able to be a protagonist in each club that he has played for.