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We also have Braithwaite. I have concerns over Aguero's fitness.... and we have no clue how Fati will be after being out for so long. We're definitely lacking experienced depth.

They'll comfortably win the next season. Felix, Suarez and Griezmann as the forward 3. They'll have Koke, De Paul and Llorente in the midfield. I actually make Atletico one of the big favourites for the Champions League now. Griezmann will suit Atletico's system way more.... and Simone will...

Messi isn't a replacement, he was already here last season. Depay is a replacement, but he's not really proven himself besides playing in a worse league than La Liga. Depay may score 10 to 15 goals, but I think Griezmann is better than him. Depay will most likely be our starting striker, but I...

He'll fit in their system much better than he does in ours, so he'll be a much better player in Atletico. He and Messi never worked that well together. It wouldn't surprise me if Griezmann bangs in 25 to 30 goals next season. Whereas, Saul doesn't really add much to our team. He's not going to...

No. We're giving up one of our main goal scorers for a guy that hasn't played that well in the past 2 years. Griezmann isn't great, but he at least can net you 15 to 20 goals a season. And we're just doing a straight swap for a guy that's only worth 40m euros. It's an awful deal just to save a...

They're big favourites for the league now. I think we finish 3rd again next season. I mean, I'm not blaming Laporta because this is Bartomeu's mess, but I just don't like this deal at all.

If it doesn't work out, we'll probably loan him out for the next 3 years as we always do

Yeah, they cannot play Messi with Aguero. They just don't work well together. You know Messi will be looking for Aguero all the time if we're playing like shit.

We're probably giving Saul around 200k a week. I still think we're going to pay a portion of Griezmann's salary for the next 3 years.

It's still a lot of money he would be giving up regardless if it's after-tax. I honestly believe we'll still be paying for a portion of his salary. Just doesn't make sense for Griezmann to give up a lot of his salary so easily. I don't think he's that happy to be moved on like this. I just...

Liverpool might actually still bid for him. They need to replace Gini, so they might be willing to spend 40m euros on him.

Well.... I doubt that Griezmann will want to give up 500k to 600k just like that. He's potentially losing 70m to 90m over the next 3 years. It wouldn't surprise me if this is a loan deal for the next 3 years and they're trying to work out the little details like salary for Griezmann.

Awful deal if true. I get that we need to get Griezmann's wages off the books, but this is an awful deal. We're making Atletico stronger by giving them one of our main scorers, and we're taking a player that's been inconsistent in the last 2 seasons. We don't need midfielders, we need defenders...

Sarcasm doesn't work on me, buddy. Anyway, I never had a problem with Messi staying or us paying him around 300k or 400k a week, I had a problem with us giving up our experienced depth to keep one man here.... which is what we appear to be doing. I'm just saying, our starting 11 seems decent...

He's not playing for free. He's still getting 20m euros a year, but he'll get that back more later down the line. Also, will you stop with the hater part? You're sounding pathetic. I've been supporting Barcelona for over 30 years and I've been on this board for over 10 years.

This deal would make absolutely no sense at all if it's just a straight swap. They get a guy who can score you 15 to 20 goals a season and we get a midfielder who hasn't played that well for a while.... not to mention, he's not that big of a scorer. We literally lose one of our main scorers just...

He already agreed to reduce his salary by 50% back in May, so I don't know why they're running this story now. lol

He's apparently staying. 5 year deal with a 600m termination fee. He had to drop his wages a lot more to able to do it. Although, it does depend on if we can keep lowering our wage bill a lot more.

I'd figured he'd go there. He loves it over. Wouldn't surprise me about the rumours of him playing over there in a few years are true.

Basically means.... he's going to sit back and see if they sort it. But I doubt he's going to wait around that long. Laporta is going around saying everything is close and Messi will remain at Barcelona, but judging by what Messi said here, I don't feel it's close at all. I get that Laporta...