Antoine Griezmann

ajnotkeith

Senior Member
I hope Atletico go bankrupt for pulling this shit.

Seriously, disgusting club. Hope they go under.

We did the same thing with Demir. We told him and Vienna if you don't terminate the loan you won't play another game for Barca again (10 apps would have triggered his 10m buy clause).

Lesson is don't set contract terms like that if you're unhappy with them being followed (Padremany!!!!! What an amazing negotiator!!!!!!!!)

Atletico asked for that as an insurance in case he was finished, and now they have found out he isn't worth the money, they are exercising that insurance they set for themselves.
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
We did the same thing with Demir. We told him and Vienna if you don't terminate the loan you won't play another game for Barca again (10 apps would have triggered his 10m buy clause).

Lesson is don't set contract terms like that if you're unhappy with them being followed (Padremany!!!!! What an amazing negotiator!!!!!!!!)

Atletico asked for that as an insurance in case he was finished, and now they have found out he isn't worth the money, they are exercising that insurance they set for themselves.

Not the same.

Atleti actually want Griezmann. Demir simply wasn't good enough.
 

ajnotkeith

Senior Member
Not the same.

Atleti actually want Griezmann. Demir simply wasn't good enough.

They don't want him for 40m, they want us to lower the fee.

Which of course is entirely within their rights as they signed a minutes clause as insurance for that reason, in case they decided they didn't want to pay the fee. Why'd you think that clause was in there? As an irrelevant formality?

We need to stop signing favourable contract terms with clubs/players and being surprised when they use them to their greatest benefit. They are just looking out for their club's finances the same way we would look out for ours.
 

mc_lovin

Senior Member
We need to stop signing favourable contract terms with clubs/players and being surprised when they use them to their greatest benefit. They are just looking out for their club's finances the same way we would look out for ours.

Easier said than done. Griezmann was (and still is) on a horrible contract. With this 2 year loan we saved ~100m.
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
They don't want him for 40m, they want us to lower the fee.

Which of course is entirely within their rights as they signed a minutes clause as insurance for that reason, in case they decided they didn't want to pay the fee. Why'd you think that clause was in there? As an irrelevant formality?

We need to stop signing favourable contract terms with clubs/players and being surprised when they use them to their greatest benefit. They are just looking out for their club's finances the same way we would look out for ours.

It's there in case Griezmann would be shite and worthless for Atleti and on the bench every game.

The fact that they've systemized the sub in the 60th shows they 1. think currently think he's useful, and 2. they want to keep him for a lower price.

With Demir neither of 1 and 2 were there.
 

Slevinn

Senior Member
Contract is on us but it?s a very scummy thing what they are doing and we shouldn?t do them any favours anymore after this.
 

Total-Football

Senior Member
They are mad. I think they are Loosing as much as barca here. Paying ridiculous wages every year for weekly cameos. Cheeseman lives the easy life somehow haha
 

MTL_Barca

Well-known member
There was nothing we could've done. Only a handful of clubs can afford a player that expensive, and of course this guy only wanted to go back. Whole world knew we want to have him gone. Impossible to get a good deal.

Faith was sealed the moment he signed that ridiculous contract here. Thank Bartomeu for this.
 

Porque

Senior Member
Griezmann fucked us by only wanting Atleti. Barto fucked us with the wages and then LaLiga didn't give us margin with the cap.

So it ends like this. Should have got the deal on 50% of the first season and 20-40 range in hindsight. Now Atleti are leveraging the minutes but their stinking the joint out. Sooner than later they will need to give Griezmann more minutes just to get some wins.

And also, screw them and Barto. We paid the buyout clause and still had to pay an extra 20m or so on top to prevent legal action as they left a paper trace of tapping up. Now that's ineptitude from Nobita.
 

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