The summer of 2014 was a big one at Barcelona. It was the first of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s ill-fated presidency, and the club was still reeling from being pipped to the La Liga title by Atletico Madrid. The response was to spend over €160million in the transfer market, with almost half of that outlay on a club-record signing, Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan had just produced one of the great individual Premier League seasons at Liverpool but was banned by FIFA from any football-related activity for four months after biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen
Ter Stegen had made over 100 appearances for his boyhood club Borussia Monchengladbach and had a reputation as a rising star when Barcelona signed him as a 22-year-old in 2014. He had to be patient for opportunities, with Claudio Bravo entrusted with the gloves in La Liga. . Read more…
Suarez is far from the first player to return to his boyhood club towards the end of his career, though he will be hoping for much success than others. Here, we look at some other stars who have made emotional returns home. 
On his Barcelona exit, Luis Suarez said the fact that they separated him and Messi without any argument hurt him deeply at the time. The Uruguayan attacker was at a loss to explain the decision as he had never failed to score at least 20-25 goals in a single season in the colours of Barcelona. Argentine national team skipper Messi has also never failed to score at least 20-25 goals in a single season for the Catalans in the last decade. 
