El FC Barcelona and the Atletico Madrid they will sit down to negotiate again for a player. Last January the two clubs closed an agreement for the transfer of Memphis Depaywhich changed the Camp Nou for him Wanda Metropolitano six months after concluding his contract with the Barça. In addition to leaving three million in the blaugrana coffers, plus one in variables, the FC Barcelona a purchase option was saved for the Belgian end of the Atlético, Yannick Carrascoof 15 million, after the Athletes He flatly refused to let him out on loan last January.
Yannick Carrasco, 29, already wanted to leave Atlético in January to play for Barça
Despite the agreement, the FC Barcelona has in mind to sit down again with those responsible for the Atletico Madrid to renegotiate that purchase option on Carrasco. The Barcelona club continues needing to reduce the financial ‘fair play’ of LaLiga and, knowing that Carrasco He wants to wear Barcelona and concludes his contract in 2024, he will press the Atlético to lower their financial claims.
In other words, the Barça will do to Atlético what he Atlético did to the Barça con Antoine Griezmann. The two clubs agreed at the time that, once the two years of loan had concluded, which began in the campaign 2021-22he Atlético would exercise the purchase option on the French, set at €40 million. However the Atléticowho had the will of the Frenchman to stay in the mattress club, ended up forcing the Barça to renegotiate the price of the player’s transfer and on October 10 closed the deal in 20 million, plus 4 in variables.
If he did not reach an agreement with Atlético last October, Griezmann would return to Barça at the end of this season
In addition, the mattress club pushed to the maximum, also knowing the needs that the Barça had to comply with the ‘fair play’ of LaLiga, and the extra problem that a return of Griezmann at the end of this season. Now, Barça wants to play its cards and repeat the same play with Carrasco as protagonist.
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