Antoine Griezmann signs for Barcelona or maybe not?

JPRouve said:
Why? What makes you think that he is stupid?
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The blackface instagram post and his reaction/defence of it and "la decision" don't point towards a particularly self-aware individual...though stupid may not be the right word

On the other hand he did tell atletico he was leaving in May, which might just end up costing barcelona an extra €80m...

Anyways, Atleti played this beautifully
 
Mb194dc said:
Atletico think he signed in March, during the title race, hence the dispute?

So they're asking for the €80m extra from that?

Would be pretty ridiculous if that's true.
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The 120 million release clause was only activated in the 1st of July. Release clause before that was 200 million.

Atletico’s argument is that Griezmann informed them in May they had reached a deal which was before the new release clause was in effect so they want the extra 80 million.
 
Griezmann told Barca that his release clause will drop. Otherwise I can't see Atletico making a case out of it.
 
giorno said:
The blackface instagram post and his reaction/defence of it and "la decision" don't point towards a particularly self-aware individual...though stupid may not be the right word

On the other hand he did tell atletico he was leaving in May, which might just end up costing barcelona an extra €80m...

Anyways, Atleti played this beautifully
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As long as he didn't sign a contract with Barcelona they risk nothing, what could happen for Barcelona is that they could be sanctioned for offering a contract to a player under contract without his club's approval. I don't what they risk and I don't know if it's demonstrable.

As for La decision it doesn't really demonstrate a particular amount of stupidity and definitely not point to someone who would leak something important, particularly when he kept his decision private until the last minute.
 
Coutinho, Dembele, Suarez, Messi, Griezmann and Malcom... 500 million worth of forwards plus Lionel Messi. And they’re after Neymar.

The Galacticos era has reached Catalunya.
 
JPRouve said:
As long as he didn't sign a contract with Barcelona they risk nothing, what could happen for Barcelona is that they could be sanctioned for offering a contract to a player under contract without his club's approval. I don't what they risk and I don't know if it's demonstrable.
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That's the crux of this whole affair. If Atletico can prove their claims, their case might have legs.

As for La decision it doesn't really demonstrate a particular amount of stupidity and definitely not point to someone who would leak something important, particularly when he kept his decision private until the last minute.
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Yeah, stupidity isn't right. As i said, it's more of a stunning lack of awereness - or a deliberate disinterest in public perception and an unabashed "look at me!!!" move - though he most definitely did not keep it private until the last minute given that he'd already made his decision for days and it had already been leaked to the press

Still, this is different. Atleti's basing their case on him and barcelona reaching an agreement before the buyout clause went down, and him communicating he would be leaving at the time he did reinforces their case. Atleti will still need to provide further evidence of it most likely, doubt this would be enough, but given the situation it was a pretty dumb move. His agents and advisors did a pretty poor job there...
 
Peyroteo said:
Coutinho, Dembele, Suarez, Messi, Griezmann and Malcom... 500 million worth of forwards plus Lionel Messi. And they’re after Neymar.

The Galacticos era has reached Catalunya.
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Judging by Barca CL defeats in last two years it's working out pretty similarly.

Griezmann head not in it last year, Atletico better off with him gone. I'm sure they're attack will be much better this year, it's the rest of the team I'm not sure about after a lot of changes.

Not sure how reliable but there could be evidence he did indeed sign in March: https://en.as.com/en/2019/05/31/football/1559284759_796230.html
 
giorno said:
The blackface instagram post and his reaction/defence of it and "la decision" don't point towards a particularly self-aware individual...though stupid may not be the right word

On the other hand he did tell atletico he was leaving in May, which might just end up costing barcelona an extra €80m...

Anyways, Atleti played this beautifully
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I fail to see how it can possibly end up costing Barcelona any extra cash.
 
Griezmann is such a wanker, I hope he flops massively at Barcelona. Would fit right into that bunch of pricks anyway.
 
UncleBob said:
I fail to see how it can possibly end up costing Barcelona any extra cash.
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Atleti's lawyers clearly believe it could. Don't expect it to happen, but it has to be possible otherwise they wouldn't bother
 
giorno said:
Atleti's lawyers clearly believe it could. Don't expect it to happen, but it has to be possible otherwise they wouldn't bother
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Or they might just be making noises because they're unhappy about the situation...

The player is always available on the market with a release clause, there's nothing Atletico (or any other club for that matter) can do to prevent it. I've seen nothing to suggest that it's problematic for Player X/Club X to agree on a move as long as they agree to pay the full amount, without the other club knowing it.
 
DoomSlayer said:
We have the evidence of Zidane non-stop harassing and calling Pogba's phone, sending him inaporpiriate photos. You're going down, buddy.
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:lol: FIFA will be far too impressed by Zizou's dick pics to rule against us anyways :D
 
UncleBob said:
Or they might just be making noises because they're unhappy about the situation...

The player is always available on the market with a release clause, there's nothing Atletico (or any other club for that matter) can do to prevent it. I've seen nothing to suggest that it's problematic for Player X/Club X to agree on a move as long as they agree to pay the full amount, without the other club knowing it.
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It's technically illegal, but that's not the issue here

Atletico Madrid are a multi-hundred millions business, they don't go this far just because they're annoyed. Long shot that it might be, obviously they believe they have a shot
 
giorno said:
It's technically illegal, but that's not the issue here

Atletico Madrid are a multi-hundred millions business, they don't go this far just because they're annoyed. Long shot that it might be, obviously they believe they have a shot
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Link ?
 
giorno said:
It's technically illegal, but that's not the issue here

Atletico Madrid are a multi-hundred millions business, they don't go this far just because they're annoyed. Long shot that it might be, obviously they believe they have a shot
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Doubt it. Football clubs, and lawyers, talk shit all the time.
 
giorno said:
It's technically illegal, but that's not the issue here

Atletico Madrid are a multi-hundred millions business, they don't go this far just because they're annoyed. Long shot that it might be, obviously they believe they have a shot
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Not necessarily. It might be just a great way to give significant exposure/publicity to Barca's shady dealings.
 
Cliche Guevara said:
Doubt it. Football clubs, and lawyers, talk shit all the time.
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This isn't just talking shit though
1950 said:
Not necessarily. It might be just a great way to give significant exposure/publicity to Barca's shady dealings.
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They already achieved that result with their previous announcement. If they're doing this now it's because they think there's a chance they might win
 
Nothing will come of the court case or whatever. They will simply go by what date his Barca contract was signed, as Atletico wont be able to prove any "tapping up" evidence. Barca and Griezmann will deny any prior talks, Atletico wont be able to prove prior talks. So 120m euro will be the final fee, as already paid

But privately Barca could agree to send them a very generous payment should they win La Liga or UCL
 
Funny how Bartomeo can't make one transfer without causing problems, even where it's just a buyout clause.
 
giorno said:
The blackface instagram post and his reaction/defence of it and "la decision" don't point towards a particularly self-aware individual
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Not to mention doing a dance from a fecking children's video game after giving his team the lead in a World Cup final. Ergh...
 
ZolaWasMagic said:
Nothing will come of the court case or whatever. They will simply go by what date his Barca contract was signed, as Atletico wont be able to prove any "tapping up" evidence. Barca and Griezmann will deny any prior talks, Atletico wont be able to prove prior talks. So 120m euro will be the final fee, as already paid

But privately Barca could agree to send them a very generous payment should they win La Liga or UCL
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They can use the fact griezemann told the club and fans he was leaving for Barcelona. How can he possibly know that they want him and barca would pay the fee for him? Not sure if barca would be allowed to talk the players agent and let them know their intentions for the transfer, so it could be were they verbally agreed everything.

Agree that some sort of settlement will end this saga. On antoine himself, cant stand the prick and his stupid videos. Reckon he will be brilliant for barca though, especially with suarez in decline
 
Well, atletico claim to have proof of what they say and have started the process for a lawsuit(dunno how to put it in better terms. Basically they forwarded/are about to forward their complaint to FIFA with all annexed documentation. Then it's up to FIFA. Weird that they're going to FIFA, guess they didn't think the case would stand under spanish law)
 
giorno said:
Well, atletico claim to have proof of what they say and have started the process for a lawsuit(dunno how to put it in better terms. Basically they forwarded/are about to forward their complaint to FIFA with all annexed documentation. Then it's up to FIFA. Weird that they're going to FIFA, guess they didn't think the case would stand under spanish law)
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In other words; nothing will happen?
 
If they've got some semi-hard proof, they'll most probably settle for a couple of millions. The harder the merrier :D
 
Turned off him ever since the La decision fiasco. Disrespectful as feck.
 
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