"It annoyed me when they said I was old and not good enough for the team"

Luis Suarez's departure from Barcelona is something which many Barca fans cannot still understand. The Uruguayan has admitted he was annoyed by the manner of it all. 

But more than the way it was done, the reasons given upset him more. "What really annoyed me was that they said that I was old and that I could no longer play at the top level, be at the level of a big club. That is what upset me," the Uruguayan told 'France Football'. 

He feels he is making a point at Atletico Madrid and he explained why. "The main thing is your mind. It's very important to be strong mentally and feel that you have the resources to turn around difficult situations," he said.

"It has always been one of my characteristics: I never gave up, even in difficult moments. It is this that made me come to this team which fights for important things," he continued. 

"One of my motivations was to be able to show that you still have to play me. It's a matter of self-esteem. After all these yeara at Barca, I wanted to show that I can still be useful at the highest level, among the Spanish elite," Suarez concluded.