| Report: Barcelona eyeing two Atletico players alongside Saul for Griezmann swap. |
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are in talks about a swap deal which would see Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez switching clubs.
If the deal is completed Griezmann would return to Atletico after moving to Barcelona in a €120million deal two years ago.
Barcelona believe Griezmann is worth more than Saul and they are asking for €15m as part of the deal or more players such as Renan Lodi or Mario Hermoso.
Atletico are prepared to let Saul leave this summer after eight seasons at the club, while Barca are willing to let Griezmann leave because they need to cut their wage bill.
Retaining Lionel Messi is priority numero uno for Barcelona. For that to
happen, though, the club must get rid of €200 million in wage debt. One way
to do that is to force every player in the team to take massive pay cuts.
The other, which seems imminent now, is to offload the second
highest-earner.
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