Barcelona to trigger €120 million release clause of Manchester United target, Cristiano Ronaldo makes Juventus bid €85 million for top Barcelona target and more: Transfer Roundup, 4 June 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Jul 22, 2022 23:40 GMT

Barcelona are closer than ever to securing their biggest deal of the summer

Antoine Greizmann will join Barcelona

Griezmann greets the stands after his last match for Atletico

Ever since Antoine Griezmann announced via social media that he will no longer be at Atletico Madrid beyond the summer, the rumour mill has been in overdrive. He has been linked with several top clubs with Barcelona being the most prominent name among them.

Now, latest reports claim that Barcelona believe that they are all set to sign the Frenchman. They are waiting for the end of June so that they can trigger Griezmann's release clause of €120 million.

However, things are still not all that good with regards to the transfer in the dressing room. The Barcelona players are not happy about the club willing to give €17 million per year to Griezmann and make him the second highest earning member of the team after Lionel Messi.

The report claims that the likes of Pique, Messi, Suarez and Busquets are not pleased with the Frenchman's potential wage packet. Earlier, several reports had come out claiming that Barcelona players are not keen on Griezmann as they had been put off by the Atletico man's documentary on saying 'no' to Barcelona when they came knocking last summer.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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