Barcelona has a serious economic problem whose repercussion is yet to be seen. The pandemic has caused him to lose at least some 150 million euros. And there are still 69 million to adjust the sales of their budget , a game that they decided to introduce in Barcelona two seasons ago. In the entity there is very little hope that any club ventures to pay an acceptable amount for some of its market pieces.

The president of Barcelona, ​​Josep Maria Bartomeu, who has switched office meetings to telematic or telephone chats with his collaborators, even late at night, intuits the economic rope. Not only did he ask the footballers of the first team for the second time to lower their salaries, something that the entity is convinced will end up materializing no matter how hard the resistance is, but that the president has convinced himself that this summer the club will not will pay for signings. Without sales or exchanges nothing will be possible . Fallow the Neymar show, unavailable both for transfer price and salary, the arrival of the desired Lautaro Martínez, whose clause is 111 million euros, is even in question. «And if we have to stay as we are, nothing happens either. It is already a great team ”, they defend in the club.

Barcelona has in its squad with Antoine Griezmann, perhaps the most stimulating footballer - with Mbappé's permission - of the World Cup conquered two years ago by France. Although as much as his performance has caused controversy in this first season as Barca, especially because of the tactical lack of definition about his role, the message in the club is clear: Griezmann should not be part of any showcase this summer . It must be kept as a Catalan player.

Obsession to win the League and Champions

Griezmann himself has no intention of changing the air either, they claim from his environment. The same sources assure that the Frenchman is "enchanted" in Barcelona. And that an obsession moves him: winning the League and the Champions, titles that he has not yet been able to raise in his career . And Griezmann is convinced that he is in the right place to correct his record at club level.

The French arrived at Atlético just after Simeone's men conquered the League at Camp Nou (2014). Griezmann's national record is summarized in a Spanish Super Cup . As for the continental titles, he won a Europa League and a European Super Cup. But he missed the 2016 Champions League at San Siro against Real Madrid.

In Barcelona they have taken note of the growing adaptation of Griezmann among those who expected to see Neymar in his place last summer. The French international, as presumed before the mirror as discreet before the previously established hierarchies, knew how to use mate as a transmission belt with Luis Suárez and Messi . "I want to be someone important on the field, but also outside," he confessed last week to the club's official media.

Positional lack of definition

Once the aspect that could have worried the most, that of egos management, has been resolved, the sporting aspect remains to be resolved.

When Barcelona decided to incorporate Griezmann last year [an operation of 120 million euros that ended up including another payment of 15 million for the right of first refusal of several Atletico players, including Saúl and Giménez], in the sporting direction they thought that the Frenchman would be able to adapt to both the position of false left-handed and battering ram. But Griezmann, beyond his natural habitat is the right of the offensive front, which is where Messi dawns, needs the ball to influence the game .

On Saturday, Griezmann was reunited with the haze of suspicion. He was a starter against Mallorca. He played 57 minutes and did not shoot on goal. He also did not complete a dribble. He touched the ball 23 times . Suarez, who had been injured for five months, intervened 22 times in 33 minutes, for 36 goalscorer Braithwaite, who played the entire game and offered reasons to retain ownership.

Unquestionable for Valverde and Setién

The coaches on duty at Barcelona, ​​formerly Valverde, now Setién, never withdrew their confidence in Griezmann. He has participated in 38 of the 39 official matches. And only twice did he leave from the bench. His answer: 14 goals and four assists in all competitions .

Even Setien raised his voice on the eve of the confrontation with Leganés: « Griezmann is indisputable . It is tremendously important to this team. And for this club ».

Griezmann now only has to take a look at his forearm and that this tattooed statement attributed to Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince , returns to make sense: " Make your life a dream, and your dream a reality ."

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