Barcelona ready to offload €120 million superstar to ease wage bill

Lionel Messi had to be moved on from Barcelona owing to their insane wage bill and ratio that exceeded 110% of their revenue. Gerard Pique had to take a massive pay-cut to allow Barça to register Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia, while Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba have already agreed to defer their payments.

Nobody has managed to escape Barcelona’s financial situation, and it seems Antoine Griezmann is the next domino to fall in order to lighten the financial situation at the club, as reported by COPE.

As it stands, Griezmann is not only the highest-earner at Barcelona but also in La Liga, which keeps him under the microscope by fans. Moreover, he was expected to step up in the absence of Lionel Messi as the natural heir in terms of position and style, but so far has failed in that task.

Recently, it has been reported that Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are working on a player involving Joao Felix, forced together by super-agent Jorge Mendes, but it seems too ambitious with just under eight hours left on the market clock.

If this turns out to be true, this could turn out to be a huge turning point for Barcelona and the league, given Diego Simeone’s brilliant past involving Griezmann.