After two years, 71 La Liga matches, 22 goals scored and 12 assists delivered, Antoine Griezmann (30) is about to end his love affair with FC Barcelona. A romance that however never really worked. Indeed, for a few hours, the Madrid and Catalan press has only one topic of discussion in mind: the exchange that Culés and Atlético de Madrid are preparing between the French world champion and midfielder Saul Ñiguez .
An operation supposed to allow the Blaugranas to save the Frenchman’s impressive salary (around € 33 million per year, before the salary cut granted to help the club), while strengthening his midfield without spending money, after the failure of the Wijnaldum file. In recent hours, a lot of information has been circulating on this subject. Sport indicates that Barça would claim € 15m from the Colchoneros as compensation (the market values of the two players are not equal), while the Radio Catalunya says Atlético could finally compensate for this difference in values by including Brazilian left-back Renan Lodi and Spanish defender Mario Hermoso.
Griezmann only wants Atlético
Since then, the latest information from Spain is clear: no other player would be included in the transaction and no financial compensation would be considered by the Matelassiers. On the players’ side, the issue of the Cadena COPE, Game time, specifies that Saul asked to leave his club of heart in the month of May. Within the Griezmann clan, the statements of the player’s entourage clearly leave the door open to a possible departure.
????????️ Paco González explains in the @partidazocope , Barter Griezmann – Saúl
????⚪️ “Saúl asked to leave Atlético de Madrid in May”
????❌ “The @Athletes I would not accept to put another player in the operation, nor an amount for the transfer “https://t.co/PEZebRSAhu
– Game Time (@tjcope) July 14, 2021
“It’s something that concerns both clubs and it’s up to them to agree. If Barça really wants to separate from Antoine, they will let us know when they have settled (with another team, note) “. A trend confirmed by another issue of the Cadena COPE, Cope’s great game. This program bluntly affirms that Griezmann does not want to resume training with Barça (he is expected at the end of the month) and that he only wants one thing: to return to Atlético. All the parties seem more than ever to be pushing for this exchange to take place as quickly as possible …
???? Paco González informs
➡️ @AntoGriezmann I didn’t want to start training with him @FCBarcelona_es and he just wants to go to @Athletes
❌ Barça had not received any offer for the French
???? The operation is a barter without further ado #PartidazoCOPE pic.twitter.com/D24Fj8o2zc
– The Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) July 14, 2021
