Barca's new signing Ferran Torres appeared at the Camp Nou stadium, and president Laporta attended the press conference with Ferran Torres. At the press conference, Laporta proudly shouted that "Barca have experienced too much turmoil, but now it is time for the world to welcome Barca's return". Since taking office, LaPorta has been solving Barca's stubborn disease, a number of high-paid and low-energy players have been purged, and the reinforcement work is steadily progressing, pressing the tail of 2021, Barça officially announced the joining of Ferran Torres.
In the summer of last summer, Messi and Griezmann left successively, Aguero later chose to retire due to sudden physical condition, suddenly 3 less forwards, Barca's primary reinforcement target is the striker, after the introduction of Ferran Torres, Barca's target is the Spanish striker Morata. Morata currently plays for Juventus in Serie A, but the ownership of the Spanish striker belongs to Atletico, and Barca need to ask for the consent of the two giants to sign Morata.
Due to his mediocre performance at Juventus, Morata himself knew that Juventus would not buy him out after the end of the loan period, so he planned to leave Juventus to join Barca, but at present Juventus has not yet made a decision on his stay. Juventus' decision was influenced by Ligue 1 overlord Paris Saint-Germain, juventus has always wanted to bring in Icardi to replace Morata, and the two sides have not yet negotiated on the issue of Icardi.
Like Morata, Icard, who is not reused in Paris, is very willing to join Juventus, but Juventus only wants to loan Icardi for now, and Paris wants to sell Icardi directly. As long as Juventus have not yet been loaned to a new striker, then Morata will not be released in the winter transfer window, then Barca's desire to introduce Morata will be frustrated, so Barca want to bring in Morata In addition to Juventus, it also involves Paris Saint-Germain.
In addition to Juventus, which is using Morata, the ateliers of course cannot get around the ownership of Atletico. The difference between Barca and Atletico is that Barca want to bring in Morata on loan + selective buyout, while Atletico wants Barca to buy out Morata directly, and even if it does not buy out now, it will add a mandatory buyout clause to the loan contract. In addition, Atletico also made a more excessive demand.
According to the Spanish media "Daily Sports", last year Atletico returned on loan, and there was a mandatory buyout clause in the contract, that is, Atletico needed to spend 40 million euros to buy out Griezmann in the summer of 2023. Atletico want to include a buyout clause in Morata's transfer contract and want to offset Morata's buyout fee with Griezmann's buyout fee, and if Barca does not want to, Atletico will not let Barca loan Morata.
As the saying goes, a yard is a yard, and atletico about Griezmann itself made a lot of money. Sold to Barca for 120 million euros in the summer of 2019, now buy out for only 40 million euros, which is equivalent to making 80 million euros. Atletico are not satisfied, and want to not even pay the 40 million euros, directly with a player who is not reused in their own team to offset the buyout fee, Atletico's move is indeed a bit excessive.
Barca management estimates that it is difficult to attract big stars to join in barca's current state, and it is now so difficult to sign a second-rate striker, not only involving Juventus, Atletico And Paris Saint-Germain three giants, but also involving Icardi and Griezmann. Before Bartomeu frantically bought people and dug a big pit for Laporta, now Laporta must fill the pit, and he estimates that he will hate Bartomeu.