Bartomeu vetoed Suarez’s sale in fear of Messi back in 2018

• Ernesto Valverde asked Josep Maria Bartomeu to sell Luis Suarez straight after the 3-0 defeat to Roma in April 2018, reliable Sigue Rodriguez of Beteve reveals.
• However, Barca’s former president vetoed any potential transfer because he feared that Leo Messi would be angry.
• Eventually, the Uruguayan was offloaded to Atletico Madrid almost for nothing 2 years late, in September 2020.
• Messi didn’t take the news well, publicly slamming the board for the way they handled Luis’ exit in his farewell message to the friend.

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