Antoine Griezmann| Signs a new contract till 2022
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
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Think this has been all sorted but we are giving Alt Madrid time to buy their own replacements first before announcing Antoine. Juventus did the same thing when they signed Higuain first before selling Pogba and everyone knew where they were getting that money from
No one else can afford him or need him.
Real can't sign him. Barca don't need him. No one else can compete with us financially, plus if he wants to play with pogba, there is only one place he can do that. Maybe its so far along no one else has even bothered. They know hes united bound.
Let's announce this asap to stop the bitching and moaning on here.
Exactly what I was thinking.
He's on holiday at the moment so we're probably looking at still more than a week till anything official.
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Paul knows what the Caf needs.
Why would we do that? We're paying his release clause which means that we aren't really dealing with Atletico at all.
I don't know. Maybe a gentleman's agreement between the two clubs? Always nice to maintain a healthy relationship. We bought De Gea from them too
Clear as day this is happening. It's the most nailed on transfer ever, even more so than Pogba coming back to us.
In these cases it's sensible to try and negotiate with the club first, to reach an agreement around the clause value without needing to force it through. Going through the rigmarole of giving the money to Griezmann who then buys himself out of his contract is a nuclear option that could sour relations between clubs/between AG and Atleti fans.
Yes, they're very good friends.
Did we pay the release clause for Herrera in the end? That was one hell of a transfer all parties had to go through
Anyone know when the decision on Atletico's transfer ban is due? Reckon that might be holding things up.
Yeah, we did. As far as I know, we tried to negotiate with them but they had no intention of selling. It was a bit different back then in that the fee was massively increased by the tax situation. As Sport Witness have pointed out, that tax has now been removed, so the only amount you have to pay is the clause and nothing more.
Been away.
Pls can someone tell me what happened?
Pls can someone tell me what happened?
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Pogba pretty much confirmed this transfer.
Was that Griezmann's telephone celebration whilst delaying his answer?
Remember thinking at the time how cringeworthy that celebration was. Would be worth it if it played even a small part in Griezmann's decision-making process.
Pogba new Woody confirmed. 
We're rich but we're not Google, 85 million plus other likely fees involved in one lump sum would likely make us sweat financially.
I strongly doubt that Atletico is willing to sell for less than 85m. I have no idea if they're willing to sell for 85m and I'm pretty sure there aren't any economic differences in paying the release clause vs paying Atletico.
How silly do all these people look now? The people that said Pogba was not worth £90 million. Pogba is worth £90 million in marketing alone and then some.
85m is nothing for us.
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Is this quote from last Wednesday?
I don't think we're paying less than the release clause, but the big question is how we're paying. We'd likely want several installments over the next couple of years. The actual size of the fee is only half the story, how we're paying the fee is just as important.
Definitely. Marketing, shirt sales and the fact that he's having an impact on the reputation of the club which again decides which players we can attract. Would we have a chance on Griezmann if we didn't sign Pogba last summer? I'm not so sure. Add to all this the fact that he has been one of our best players this season and he'll get even better, no doubt.
I think there are, unless something has changed in Spain recently. Something to do with paying more in tax if the clause is triggered. Bilbao used that to feck over anyone trying to buy their players, including us with the Herrera transfer.
Yeah true. My best guess is that Atletico decline every offer and we'll be forced to pay the release clause.
Cheers.
Yeah after the final but only released today.
That quote is from the EL press mix zone, not exactly breaking news
It's not nothing, it's something substantial but we can well afford it.
Like if you were making 100k a year, had mortgage to pay, had savings of about 25k and needed to buy a car worth 15k knowing that you have other expenses around 15k this summer, you would think about it.
This.
Is it still on?
It's always on.
If he thought it would be decided in 2 weeks, we have one week to go.
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