Luis Suarez has played his last game at the Wanda Metropolitano as he is set to leave the club after 2 years. The former Champions League winner joined Atletico Madrid 2 seasons back after then Barcelona manager, Ronald Koeman, asked him to leave the club.
On the other hand, Bayern Munich has also announced the departure of their scary goalscorer, Robert Lewandowski. There were rumours for months that Lewandowski was eyeing a move to Barcelona.
What has been said?
Atletico de Madrid’s official Twitter account posted – ‘At the end of the game, the Wanda Metropolitano will pay tribute to Luis Suárez and Héctor Herrera, who are saying goodbye to the Red & White family today.’
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich’s sporting director, Salihamidzic, while speaking to Sky Germany, said – “He informed me that he does not want to accept our offer to extend the contract and that we would like to leave, He said he wants to do something else.”
Legacy (Luis Suarez & Robert Lewandowski )
Both Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski are goal-scoring machines, the former scored 21 goals last season and fired Atletico Madrid to a league title. He has bagged a total of 34 goals in 84 games for the Los Colchoneros.
On the other hand, Robert Lewandowski has helped Bayern to win 8 League titles, a Champions League, and countless cups. He has constantly scored 40 or more goals since 2015-16.
Future
There have been rumours about where these both players will land next, going by the papers, Suarez’s ex-team-mate and the current Liverpool gaffer, Steven Gerrard is interested to bring him back to English football. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski reportedly wants to join Barcelona, which is going strong under the leadership of Xavi.
It’ll be tough for both the clubs to improve after the void left by two fantastic players, Both Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid will be in the market for a striker. VfB Stuttgart’s Sasa Kalajdzic has been linked with a move to the German side, meanwhile, Atletico’s president has confirmed that Antoine Griezmann is set to stay at the club.