Anyone know Antoine's release clause?
Imo, nobody would buy him.
People will reply: are you crazy?
The thing is, he is quite old.
He has been exposed at Barca (slow, can't dribble, average finishing).
Plus he has wages around 20m net, right?
So, which top club would be interested in him?
Barca: bad fit
Real: no way
Atletico: not anymore
Juve: maybe for like 30-40m max
Bayern: maybe, but for the same price: 40-50m
Man City: no way
Liverpool: too slow for them
Arsenal: they don't buy oldies
Chelsea: too expensive
Basically, the only two teams who could offer something like 60-70m are imo: Psg because he is French, and Man Utd.
The same is with Coutinho.
No one sane will pay more than 40m for him.
Should I even mention Dembele?
Even when fit, no one sane would buy him after his disaster at Barca.
And when you add that he is injured all the time and a horrible professional, we will be lucky if anyone (Psg or Man Utd again) would pay something like 30-40m for him.
Someone will reply: you are crazy, he is way better than that.
But remenber Song, Arda, Rakitic. Nobody is interested in Barca's players on insane wages who are underperforming.
If they had wages like 3-5m, we could sell them for more money.
But other clubs can't sign them because they are asking for the same wages likr at Barca.
Why would Cou accept 7m wages in a new club if he still has 2-3 years at Barca at 15m Net or more?
People could reply: but he could save his career.
That is also a risk.
Cou is so bad today that he would flop everywhere.
Dembele, do you think that he could play in any big club successfully? I don't think so.
These guys could save their careers only if they would go to a Uefa cup teams.
That means less prestige, no CL, lower wages...
And even then you have cases likr Denis who was not good for Barca, Arsenal and now he can't play even in midtable clubs.
In short: nobody will buy our players.
And it is questionable whether they will accept moves to new clubs with lower wages.
Who is guilty?
1. Bad sporting directors who signed them
2. And Lord Barto for giving them expensive 5 years deals