DBasia.news – Barcelona do not need to negotiate to recruit Antoine Griezmann. The Blaugrana redeemed the purchase clause from Atletico Madrid for 120 million euros.
However, later Atletico Madrid asked Barcelona to pay 200 million euros. Release clause number at the beginning of the negotiation process.
The Atletico camp reasoned an agreement between Griezmann and Barcelona had been reached before July 1, 2019. For information, the value of the Griezmann release was originally 200 million euros. But the value was reduced to 120 million on July 1, 2019.
“Antoine Griezmann, represented by his lawyer, came to the LaLiga headquarters to unilaterally terminate the contract with Atletico, and handed over a deposit worth 120 million euros in the name of Barcelona,” said a statement from Atletico reported by Marca.
“Atletico Madrid believes that the deposit amount is not enough to meet the release clause. Because it is clear that the agreement between players and Barcelona is closed before the clause decreases from 200 million to 120 million.”
“In addition, before the clause changes, the player has notified him if he will leave the club.”
Both Barcelona and LaLiga have not provided information or answers to Atletico’s demands.