From Spain: Barcelona does not have money for the clause, late June wages, talks with banks

Antoine Griezmann will probably be a Barcelona player this summer, but it seems that to achieve this, it will take a long and arduous journey.

There have already been many twists in this saga and today provides another.

Yesterday, we announced that Barcelona was seeking to conclude the agreement by Friday at the latest because they did not want things to drag. It now seems that they were extremely ambitious in this regard.

AS explains what is happening today and it seems that Barcelona is running out of money. They wanted this week to be the "Griezmann week", but it seems unlikely that this is the case.

The original plan was to pay its release clause of 120 million euros on Wednesday. Griezmann will arrive in Barcelona on Thursday, present him on Friday and will then be able to join the training on Monday.

However, AS reports that the "lack of liquidity" in Barca and its negotiations with banks to cover the price of 120 million euros slow things down.

In fact, they might not even be able to pay the release clause before Friday now. This is causing a lot of tension in Camp Nou, who claims to have been paid three weeks late.

Barcelona tried to negotiate with Atletico to speed things up, but he did not play ball. They will not accept the full payment of his release clause, as they are annoyed by the way Barca acted in this saga.

It seems that the drama of Griezmann could continue for a long time. Unless Barcelona can find the money at the bottom of the couch, he can not act for the striker.

Selling a player is the simplest solution.