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Atletico Madrid is officially complaining to La Liga of Antoine Griezmann 's signing by Barcelona, claiming that he still has 80 million euros left.
Barcelona provided the 120 million euros that Griezmann 's lawyer deposited in the offices of La Liga in Madrid on July 12 to pay his redemption clause, and the French international was then presented. like a new Blaugrana Sunday signature at Camp Nou.
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However, Atletico said last Friday that they did not accept that the Griezmann clause was triggered legally because an "insufficient amount" had been paid.
Wanda Metropolitano sources told ESPN FC Atletico that they are still convinced that 80 million euros have yet to be donated to Barca and Griezmann, who have announced their agreement before the player's buyout clause will be increased from 200 to 120 million euros. euros on July 1st.
Atletico claims to have evidence that the negotiations between Griezmann and Barcelona date back to mid-February and that France International has declared to the rojiblancos his intention to leave on May 14.
Barca's president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, rejected the version of the events of Atletico and affirmed during the presentation of Griezmann that the first contact had been made after the attacker had announced his intention to leave .
Bartomeu also stated that his first contact with Atletico about Griezmann's signature had taken place at a meeting between Atletico CEO, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, and his Barca counterpart, Oscar Grau, The 4th of July. Both parties agreed that an offer of payment in installments of the 120 million euro clause was rejected immediately by Gil Marin.
Griezmann is training this week with his new teammates in Barcelona, and Blaugrana Sources told ESPN FC that they were not concerned about Atletico's position. The 28-year-old is expected to make his debut on Tuesday in the Rakuten Cup match against Japan at Chelsea.
Although the Spanish press claims that Atletico could bring the case to FIFA, sources at the world governing body told ESPN FC that they are not generally involved in disputes between clubs of the same federation.
Official player registrations in La Liga clubs are organized by the Spanish Football Federation [RFEF]. Sources at RFEF told ESPN FC that they had not been able to confirm that Griezmann's registration had been fully transferred from Atletico to Barca.
If the Spanish authorities were not able to resolve the situation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport could be called upon to decide.
Information from Dermot Corrigan, correspondent for ESPN FC in Madrid, and Sam Marsden, correspondent in Barcelona, were used in this report.
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