Antoine Griezmann
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MTL_Barca
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FinBarcelonafan
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That's actually impressive
Kane didnt do much the 3 first years of the last decade though, he is younger and didnt play much at that point, take that into your consideration.
He won't leave. No other team will offer him 800k a week. Also, I doubt anyone wants a 30-year-old who is on 800k a week. We'll probably ask for a high transfer fee in any case.
Selling Griezmann still doesn't solve anything because we still need to reduce the wage bill by 200m euros. Even if he goes, we still wouldn't be able to register the new signings and Messi.
Selling Griezmann still doesn't solve anything because we still need to reduce the wage bill by 200m euros. Even if he goes, we still wouldn't be able to register the new signings and Messi.
Messi983
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I understand selling Griezmann from a financial perspective and if we receive a really good offer we won't turn that down but from a sporting viewpoint we could again be down to bare bones next season if he leaves. We'll have Messi (if AG leaves he'll surely stay, they won't both leave) and Depay (who will need to adapt but he knows Koeman's system so this shouldn't take too long) as the only dependable options.
Fati is returning after a longterm injury and we shouldn't rush him. Kun is old and has missed most of the last season so it's very dangerous to count on him as a starter as there were reports over the last few days. Hopefully Fati will fully recover and play up to his potential and Kun will stay fit but there is no guarantee for that. And behind them we'd only have Dembele who is well, just Dembele. Probably out until October then he could get reinjured again at any time. And even when playing he doesn't offer much.
Yes, Griezmann is not a prolific goalscorer we'd want (but we can't afford one at the moment) and he's surely overpaid but we can always count on him being available for 50+ games and have around 30 goal contributions (G+A) while also working his ass off defensively in every game. I know it's impossible for him to stay on his current wages but if he'd accept a 30-40% pay cut (in return for extending his contract for another year or two) I think we could keep him around if other amigos will also accept a pay cut and if we'll manage to offload players that are really of no use (Coutinho and Umtiti mostly) and those not counted on by Koeman eventhough I think they could be useful (Pjanić is the only one remaining after Trincao already left and Firpo being close to leaving as well). He has always expressed his wish to play in the MLS one day so even if on paper we'd extend his contract I still think he'd eventually move to America in 2023 or 2024 at the latest. But if Messi leaves in 2023 then Griezmann could also stay around as a bridge gap to younger players who will be brought to the club over the next few years to replace likes of Kun and Memphis.
Fati is returning after a longterm injury and we shouldn't rush him. Kun is old and has missed most of the last season so it's very dangerous to count on him as a starter as there were reports over the last few days. Hopefully Fati will fully recover and play up to his potential and Kun will stay fit but there is no guarantee for that. And behind them we'd only have Dembele who is well, just Dembele. Probably out until October then he could get reinjured again at any time. And even when playing he doesn't offer much.
Yes, Griezmann is not a prolific goalscorer we'd want (but we can't afford one at the moment) and he's surely overpaid but we can always count on him being available for 50+ games and have around 30 goal contributions (G+A) while also working his ass off defensively in every game. I know it's impossible for him to stay on his current wages but if he'd accept a 30-40% pay cut (in return for extending his contract for another year or two) I think we could keep him around if other amigos will also accept a pay cut and if we'll manage to offload players that are really of no use (Coutinho and Umtiti mostly) and those not counted on by Koeman eventhough I think they could be useful (Pjanić is the only one remaining after Trincao already left and Firpo being close to leaving as well). He has always expressed his wish to play in the MLS one day so even if on paper we'd extend his contract I still think he'd eventually move to America in 2023 or 2024 at the latest. But if Messi leaves in 2023 then Griezmann could also stay around as a bridge gap to younger players who will be brought to the club over the next few years to replace likes of Kun and Memphis.
Messi983
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Manchester City reportedly contacted FC Barcelona, after negotiations broke down a couple of weeks ago, to send them their first offer for the French striker. A new exchange. The SkyBlue team would have offered him the file of Aymeric Laporte and 20 million euros for the Frenchman, an offer that the Blaugrana team is considering and waiting to be able to solve a couple more exits.
https://www.fichajes.net/noticias/primera-oferta-hecho-manchester-city-griezmann-20210706.html
Not really a reliable source though.
https://www.fichajes.net/noticias/primera-oferta-hecho-manchester-city-griezmann-20210706.html
Not really a reliable source though.
FCBarca
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Even steven, same thing with Griezz at La Real in his 1st 3 yrs
FinBarcelonafan
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No idea why City would want to destroy their wage structure because of Griezmann.
I doubt City would even be interested in Griezmann. He's 31 next year and he's on massive wages. Even if City put an offer in for Griezmann, do you really think he is going to give up the sunny weather and 800k a week? Man City's highest earner is only on 330k a week.... and no doubt Griezmann would want at least 600k a week to go there. It's never going to happen.
malvolio
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i believe you and other people in here are getting things mixed up.
KDB is on 20 million GBP a season - 385k GBP a week. but those numbers are surely after tax.
griezmann is on 40 million EUR a season before tax. so ~20 million EUR a season after tax.
it doesn't make any sense for the highest paid EPL player to be on half the salary griezmann is earning.
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