The FC Barcelona follows expecting the definite answer of Antoine Griezmann, that still has not announced if finally it decides by the offer of renewal of the Athletic of Madrid, that includes an index card of some 23 million annual euros, or the one of the Barcelona club, something less elevated regarding wage to the year but compensated with a succulent premium of signing.
To fault of three days so that France contest his first party, Antoine Griezmann will have to desvelar his intentions before this same Saturday. The French has been in permanent contact with both clubs and now the ball is in his roof. The only tracks that can take out are the publications of his brother Theo in social networks. However, his announcement will have several keys.
The 4 keys of the communiqué of Griezmann
Only it will say if it goes or it remains in the Athletic
Antoine Griezmann will communicate before the Saturday his final decision: if it remains or it goes of the Athletic of Madrid. In case that his decision was to leave, in no case the French forward will specify that his future club will be the FC Barcelona, although it was a secret to voices that if it does not be still in Wanda Metropolitan will be for recalar in the Camp Nou.
Strategy to avoid sanctions
The own Antoine Griezmann is conscious that, in case to leave of the Athletic of Madrid, can not desvelar that it will play in the Barça since it exposes to him same and to the Barcelona club to a sanction of the FIFA for having negotiated his course in spite of having agreement in force. In this sense, this week only will know officially if the French is still in the Athletic or goes .
The Barça will move index card in July
The FC Barcelona will not do any movement until the month of July, that is when the clause of rescission of Antoine Griezmann will happen to be of 200 million euros to be only of 100, a more affordable quantity. If Griezmann announces that it leaves of the Athletic, the Catalan entity will activate the machinery to do official his signing after the World-wide of Russia.
Optimism on his signing
In the FC Barcelona breathes a climate of moderate tranquility in this regard of the announcement of Griezmann. In can Barça thinks that the still forward of the Athletic of Madrid goes to respect the pact to the that arrived with the Barcelona directive and that still keeps the wish to turn into player culé to be able to share changing room with the best players of the world and aspire to greater challenges.