This is called a well-intentioned leak, aimed at justifying a decision not necessarily well understood by followers and supporters of Barça on the last day of the transfer window: why did you get rid of Antoine Griezmann in fourth gear, when Lionel Messi already had packed his bags a few weeks earlier, further reducing the attacking potential of Ronaldo Koeman's team?
60 million saved
The answer is in the numbers. According to the daily Sport, close to the club, the tricolor world champion benefited from an evolving contract which allowed him to touch a million euros more each season by the end of his contract in 2024, in addition to a € 2.5m bonus if Griezmann played 60% of possible minutes, which he did every time. The poor collective results of Barça nevertheless had a big impact on the various bonuses that the French could have touched, namely 177.5 million over 5 years in the event of victory in C1, in particular.
Our Spanish colleagues thus calculate that Barça still had 60 million euros to pay its minimum striker, a considerable sum for a club on the verge of bankruptcy.
It is now Atlético Madrid who will be responsible for paying Grizou's staggering salary for this season, even if we can imagine a salary renegotiation as soon as the compulsory purchase option is exercised in June 2022.
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