Antoine Griezmann has returned to Atletico Madrid. Barca may have lost a world-class player, but it will also save a lot of money.
FC Barcelona could save a whopping 130 million euros in the next few years with the transfer of Antoine Griezmann back to Atletico Madrid. The Spanish sports newspaper reports Sports world.
Griezmann was initially only loaned to Atletico for a year, but according to Barca, a purchase obligation applies afterwards. This would save the Catalans three annual salaries for the 30-year-old attacker, who still had a contract in Barcelona until 2024. In total, that would be around 90 million euros.
In addition, there is the transfer fee that Atletico will have to pay to Barca in the summer of 2022 if the purchase obligation is applied. This should be 40 million euros, which would bring Barcelona within the deal to a total of 130 million euros.
Barcelona: Griezmann will have to play more than 50 percent of the games for Atletico
Even the condition that loud Sports world is linked to the purchase obligation, should not prevent that. Accordingly, Griezmann has to play more than 50 percent of the games for Atletico this season so that the purchase obligation actually takes effect.
The French world champion moved from Atletico to Barca for € 120 million in 2019, but could not meet the high expectations at Blaugrana. In 102 competitive games for Barcelona, Griezmann scored 35 goals and 17 assists.
He had previously played for Atletico for five years, and in the summer of 2014 he joined the Colchoneros from Real Sociedad. To date he has scored 133 competitive goals for the reigning Spanish champions.
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