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As we indicated to you recently (see the news of Wednesday 14/07), Atletico Madrid could recover Antoine Griezmann (30 years, 51 games and 20 goals in all competitions for the season 2020-2021), pushed towards the exit by FC Barcelona, releasing Saul Niguez. While the deal seemed to be on the right track, Sport tells us that the Catalan club prefers to drop its French striker against Joao Félix (21 years old, 40 games and 10 goals in all competitions for the 2020-2021 season).
Indeed, the possible arrival of Saul would force the Madrid formation to pay 15 to 20 million euros. However, Atletico does not want to take out the slightest euro in this exchange. Hence Barcelona’s desire to make this exchange with the young Portuguese prodigy, recruited for 126 million euros in the summer of 2019 and whose market value is equivalent to that of Griezmann.
It remains to be seen whether the Colchoneros leaders are ready to give up their nugget to repatriate the Blue, nine years his senior.
