La Liga : Barcelona still pays some money to Luis Suarez, Diario Sport revealed the shocking details surrounding his transfer.
Atletico pays him a salary and Barcelona make up the difference so he hasn’t had to take a pay cut on what he earned at the Catalan club. Suarez had a year to run on his deal and didn’t want to take a pay cut.
As of next season, Barca won’t have to pay any part of his wages, given his deal will have expired. There was the option to extend it but that, evidently, won’t happen
Despite what was initially claimed by the two clubs, Atletico apparently agreed to pay Barcelona €5m fixed and €6m in add-ons.
Suarez wanted the move to be a free transfer
because he was being pushed out of Barca
but the clubs negotiated a deal behind his back.
The structure of the deal is as follows:
Barca owe Atletico £15m. Finally, Barca won’t get the money in their hand. Instead, the sum will be retracted from our debt to Atletico, Diario Sport say. It’s
claimed that Blaugrana owe the Rojiblancos
€15m as part of the Antoine Griezmann
transfer.
You may remember that back in 2019, Atleti’s
president threatened to take Barca to court and make them pay €200m for Griezmann instead of €120m. He claimed that the Catalans reached an agreement with the
player when his release clause was still €200m and he had documents to prove it.
There are also three variables in the contract signed between the two clubs. The first was an additional €2m in the case Suarez played 20 games for Atletico. Barça have already received that amount.
The second is another €2m if Atletico reach the Champions League quarter-finals. They are in the last 16 at the moment, where they will meet Chelsea.
The third variable is also worth the same amount but responds to next season. Barça have already earned €7m from the deal and could make €4m more.
By Saaka Yakubu Issah