Griezmann's performance did not influence his departure from Barça

In the last times has gone back almost a habit that, when they confront the FC Barcelona and the Athletic of Madrid, the name of Antoine Griezmann was one of the first in going in to scene. The most obvious reason is that the French, the one who at present is a star in the square 'colchonera' and is showing a level 'top', similar to the that had in 2018 when it remained in the podium for the Balloon of Gold, did not attain to triumph in the Barcelona cast, where arrived like the big star in the market of incorporations veraniego of the campaign 2019-20. In this window of passes, the Barça invested a total of 120 M€ in him, that afterwards increased in 15 M€ to avoid reprisals of the 'rojiblancos' for negotiating with a player with valid agreement.

Nevertheless, his stage like footballer of the Barcelonan picture was not the most brilliant, since in the two seasons that lasted in the alone club accumulated a total of 35 annotations and 17 assistances in 102 meetings, numbers very far of what expected of a player of his calibrate. This supposedly owed partly to that the 'Principito' never had the opportunity to exert with total freedom in the terrain of game, as it does it, for example, in the Athletic of Madrid.

The reasons of the 'failure' of Griezmann like player of the FC Barcelona

In the combined 'colchonero', the native of Mâcon does not act exclusively like a leading centre, but rather like a second tip with wide freedom of movement in thefield . In the Catalan picture, this role fulfilled it at all more and at all less than Leo Messi, what relegaba to the French to play like left extreme or as leading fixed centre. Equally, in the Atleti give him a paper protagónico that perhaps did not have so much in the FC Barcelona, where the most stood out figures in the front of attack were the '10' of the 'Albiceleste' and the 'killer' charrúa Luis Suárez.

These are perhaps some of the reasons by which Antoine Griezmann did not attain to shine as it has done it in the Athletic or in other clubs like the Real Sociedad, and of course, in the French selection, where beside Kylian Mbappé are the big figures of the cast managed by Didier Deschamps. This unlucky low performance of 'Grizi' in the Barça no only meant a hard 'hit' to sportive level, when dispelling the illusion to see triumph with the elastic culé to one of the names more talentosos of the world, but it also represented a big 'stick' for the finances of the Barcelona square.

The reason of the exit of 'Grizi' of the Barça goes further of the sportive

The French signed an agreement with the FC Barcelona by five years, as it informed 'SPORT', that stipulated that it would receive a total of 17 M€ fixed to the year, more one million additional after each campaign. Added to this, this quantity could vary if they reached some aims during the season. In the two periods that the Frenchman was in the club, attained to earn 25,5 M€ of the 33,5 that it could have won in the first course (2019-20), and in the second (2020-21) reached a total of 21 M€ of the 29,5 that it could have earned. In his moment, this situated it like the second better player paid of the staff, only by behind Leo Messi.

However, because of his irregular performance in the cast of the City Condal, the Barça did not go to fulfil the three remaining years of his agreement. The Catalan picture, clearly affected economically, had to give off of the talentoso French player, as it confirmed recently Xavi Hernández: "No here it was an economic subject of limit salarial. To me Griezmann likes me a lot, would say that it is an organiser. It organises all the attack of the Athletic of Madrid. Here it did not continue mainly by the limit salarial".

The hard 'stick' economic that received the club by the 'case Griezmann'

It was an unlucky exit so much for Antoine Griezmann as for the FC Barcelona. For the international Frenchman, since it lost the opportunity to triumph in the club culé, since his exit coincided with the one of Leo Messi, the one who occupied the paper of key player in the team, a paper that he could have assumed. And, of course, also it was unlucky for the Catalan team, since in addition to not being able to enjoy fully of a player of high level as 'Grizi', did a questionable business when sending it of turn to the Athletic.

It is necessary to remember that this loan carried out in the year 2021, in principle had traced like an exchange of 'chromiums'. In this sense, the 'Principito' would go back to the combined 'colchero' whereas the Barcelona cast went to do of the services of the Portuguese Joãor Félix. Nevertheless, the transaction would finish taking another nuance, stipulating in a valid cession by two periods and with an option of compulsory purchase of 40 M€, which, thanks to the pressures exerted by the picture of Diego Pablo Simeone, went to finish agreeing in the scarce sum of 20 M€ and would be credited the past market estival.

With this, lamentably the FC Barcelona went to close a negotiation by hardly 20 M€ by a player that fichó in his moment by 120 million euros. No only this, in addition to the hard 'hit' to financial level, is not especially alentador the fact that now Antoine Griezmann have restarted a stellar level, marking an important revaluation to economic level and being the main offensive piece of the Athletic. In fact, in the present season 2023-24, the Frenchman already has accumulated 19 annotations and seven assistances in 37 meetings as 'rojiblanco'.