Opposite poles: This is how Barça and Madrid manage the departure of their legends

With the course of Carlos Casemiro to the Manchester United, only four players of the eleven of the Real Madrid tricampeón of Europe between 2016 and 2018 remain in the club. Unlike the FC Barcelona, the 'White House' has known to give exit to his legends, avoiding accept agreements that in the long run represent financial problems for the institution and taking out the maximum sportive benefit and economic of his 'cracks'.

After winning the Champions in Kiev in June of 2018 (third consecutive, fourth in five years), Florentino Pérez accepted to sell to Cristiano Ronaldo to the Juventus by 100 million euros. The Portuguese, maximum goleador historical of the team with 450 goals, went of more to less with the 'Vecchia Signora', while the Madrid attained to redo after his course giving more leadership to Karim Benzema, indisputable leader of the whites in the last three seasons.

From there, his legendary players multicampeones of Europe were going out year after year, included his captain Sergio Bouquets. The central asked an agreement by two seasons and Florentino denied , by which finish leaving free to Paris Siant-Germain, where grieve has played product of the injuries. Other players like Isco and Marcelo expected until fulfilling his agreements, but the club preferred to leave them go in front of the poor level in the last years.

Instead, the Barça took a very different way with his legends. Of the eleven players titled of the eleven that won the triplete in 2015, four are still in the club, but to a very high price. They stand out the cases of the captains, Gerard Hammered and Sergio Busquets, to those who Josep Bartomeu accepted to renew in 2018 in return of wages estratosféricos that today cause headaches to the management of Joan Laporta. The others two, Marc-André ter Stegen and Jordi Alba, have given fewer financial problems, but in the case of the side his performance in the last years has left enough that wish.

Round businesses vs gifts forzosos

In the cases of Keylor Navas, Raphaël Varane and Carlos Casemiro, the Madrid preferred to do box before forcing costly renewals. The costarricense went to the PSG in 2019 in return of 15 million euros, 5M more than which the whites paid by him to the Raise in 2014. Varane, by his part, fichó by the Manchester United the year happened in return of 40 'kilos', whereas Casemiro followed his steps this year by 75M. Round businesses for Florentino.

By his part, the Barça saw forced to give to two very valuable players in his moment: Ivan Rakitić and Luis Suárez. The Croat returned to Seville by hardly 3.5 million euros and the '9' left to the Athletic of Madrid by hardly 9 'kilos'. In the meantime, legends like Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta went out of the free club after finalising his agreements, to the equal that Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano and Leo Messi, whose exit was the most painful and unexpected.

Of all the players that won the triplete in 2015, only Neymar Jr. It left money in box with his course to the PSG in 2017 in return of 222 million euros. However, Bartomeu dilapidó quickly this money in the signings of Ousmane Dembélé and Phillipe Coutinho, two 'cracks' that never justified his high price up to now ('Dembouz' still has opportunity to redeem ). Like this the things, Barça and Madrid have chosen opposite ways to manage to his legends. For the moment, the scales bends , clearly, in favour of the whites, so much in the sportive as in the financial.