CONTROVERSIAL AND RUINOUS MOVEMENTS
Atlético, maximum beneficiary in operations with Barça
The latest transactions between Atlético de Madrid and Barça have only been beneficial for the mattresses, since they have left enormous economic disasters in the Barça coffers
The movements between the Athletic of Madrid and the FC Barcelona in the last decade have not been of the all favourable for the Barcelona. Waiting for what can occur during the market of winter with Memphis Depay, the headcount leaves very bad stopped to the institution culé, with operations that have marked the economic and sportive disaster of the club.
Everything began with the sale of David Villa in 2013. The attacker left very good feelings in the Camp Nou and was vital for the conquest of the fourth Champions in the history of the Barça. However, his exit by alone two million euros in contrast to the 40 that cost in 2010 marked a precedent that would repeat in several occasions. The Managerial Board left him leave to Madrid to his 31 years because they considered that his performance would go slope down, although it was all the contrary: it marked 15 goals in 47 parties, topped champion of League and reached a new final of Champions.
Another was the case of Burn Turan. The Turkish was titularísimo in the Athletic and one of the most important midfield players of LaLiga, what called the attention of the club and disbursed 34 million euros more 7 in variables to do with his services in 2015. Nevertheless, his traspaso was a failure rotundo. It did not play the first six months because the culés found sanctioned and afterwards his performance did not reach the expectations, to the point to chain cessions to the end of his agreement in 2020.
Although the image of the club was in cloth of trial by both movements, was not but until 2018 when they tried to go to by Antoine Griezmann. The Barcelona wanted to recover his command in Europe after the course of Neymar Júnior and opened the negotiations by the French, although his landing delayed until 2019 when Josep Maria Bartomeu paid the 120 million his clause of rescission. A piece more for the economic fuss of the club.
Three exits for the forget?
The 'Principito' did not have a bad performance with the elastic blaugrana but did not reach to be the referent that was in the Athletic, in addition to that it cost him associate with Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi. His index card out of market carried him to return to Madrid in condition of yielded in 2021 with an option of compulsory purchase priced in 40 'kilos', one that the Barcelona recessed to 20 with the purpose to save his wage.
Finally it occurred the operation by Suárez. The charrúa split with direction to the Cívitas Metropolitan in return of 6 million euros, an authentic bargain taking into account the 21 goals in 32 parties that helped to raise again LaLiga. To his 33 years, still had a lot of cloth that cut and the Catalans decided to throw him by the rear door.
Now, the situation of Memphis seems to link him directly with the Athletic in the market of winter. The Barça wants to give off of his index card and take out rédito economic by his traspaso, something that could go back to play against of the club if the Dutch shows an exceptional performance. It will be necessary to see in what finish the negotiations in the following weeks.
