Barça announces the sale of Griezmann: "It is a closed and extraordinary operation"

Antoine Griezmann has left to be player of the FC Barcelona to all the effects. The club has oficializado his traspaso to the Athletic of Madrid in his last General Assembly of Partners Compromisarios, where the name of the French appears in the reglón of players traspasados in the 2022-23. For the director of football of the Barça, Mateu Alemany, "the operation is extraordinary from the economic point of view".

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In principle, the Catalan press ensured that the traspaso of the player of 31 years had closed in 20 million euros more 4 in variables. Antoine will sign with the group 'rojiblanco' until June of 2026 and the operation closed after the forward accessed, again, to recess his wage, as there was pactado in September of 2021 to facilitate his cession by two seasons.

"Griezmann Has closed this week and think that has been important because we removed us an important wage", said Alemany during the Assembly. "The challenge was so big, that was all the summer suffering to be able to arrive to the rule 1/1 that asked us the League to be able to redo the team. I appreciate to the directive the work that have done so that it could arrive ", added Alemany, the one who stood out the management made during the summer to reinforce the staff.

To fault to confirm the official figures of the traspaso of the of Mâcon, the true is that the step of the '8' of the Athletic leaves millionaire losses to the club. Josep María Bartomeu paid 120 million euros by his signing in the summer of 2019 and now pacta his traspaso by around 20 'kilos', which add to the 10M that the 'colchoneros' had agreed to pay by his cession the past season.

In principle, the group 'rojiblanco' had to pay 40 millions by his signing if the forward played more than 50% of the minutes for which was available. Finally, the clubs resolved a very distant figure to the initial aspirations of the Barça, but rid of the wage of the Frenchman (17 million fixed euros, according to his agreement signed in 2019) supposes an attainment for a directive that inherited millionaire debts by very high agreements approved by the management Bartomeu.

The step of Griezmann by the Barça in numbers

Antoine contested only two seasons with the Barça in whichs umó a total of 102 official apparitions 7.667 minutes). 35 goals and 17 assistances summary his contribution goleador, so many that served to the group blaugrana to raise only a title while the French was in the club (the Glass of the King 2020-21). Finally, the step of Griezmann by Catalonia was an authentic fiasco that left to the club millionaire losses and a bitter memory after two seasons for the forget.