I'm kind of shocked at some of the people questioning him still. Of course he'd rip La Liga apart at Atletico Madrid. Guys, this guy is a 1 in 50 years type of player. Barça fans worldwide adore him because:
- he offers a personality trait that had been desperately missing from Barcelona for years. When things aren't going right, and the team starts dropping their heads, he's basically the only one who drags the rest up from the ground to win games.
- He's smart because he knows how to hide his aggressions from refs and make it seem like "part of the play" (IE: when he fell on Casemiro in the last clasico, which pissed off the entire Madrid team). 0 career red cards from aggression makes this an undeniable fact.
lastly....Not 1 striker from the ones people mention here (or hell, from the last 30 years) would have the balls to do what Suarez did vs. England in the last World Cup. Because he's really special. Barça knew this, and it was the pivotal moment in buying him.