Atletico Madrid refusing to play Antoine Griezmann more than 30 minutes/Resolved!/smashing it for France.

[Shane88]

Would you not just bench him and move on if they're not going to buy him?

Taking the piss out of a player like that will likely result him in taking the piss when he does get subbed on. Why would he try hard if they're intentionally messing him about? Even if he is a twat.

 

[Adisa]

I think it's bad faith.

 

[Ramshock]

Well that gives him more time to do the fortnite dance the silly wanker

 

[Vidyoyo]

Remember when we thought he was ours

 

[Red the Bear]

Remember when we thought he was ours

Maybe that was for the best...

 

[AndySmith1990]

Anything that forces Barcelona to suffer the consequences for their reckless and arrogant behaviour can only be applauded

 

[calodo2003]

I think it's bad faith.

Why?

 

[Oranges038]

Have to admire the petty nature of this.

 

[BuzzKillington]

Mes que un half hour

 

[JSArsenal]

This can't be true, can it?

 

[Charles Miller]

Piqué should make a documentary about it.

 

[Munkehboi]

This is fantastic if true. Only Athletico can muster up something so petty as this! It's great to see.

As others have said before. Anything to feck over Barce is a plus in my book!

 

[Chief123]

Antoine Griezmann transfer clause sees furious Barcelona 'swindled out of £50million'

So apparently there's a clause in his contract that if he plays more than 30 minutes a game they have to make the deal permanent and so far atleti have made sure to give him no more than 29 minutes.

Is this true, if so it's genuinely one of the most bizarre and comedic things around .

This is actually beautiful to see!

Basically they can play him for less than 30 minutes for 2 games and then a full game every 3rd game. As long as he doesn’t play 30+ mins in 50% or more games.

At the moment he’s on 0 out of 2 games.

 

[Chief123]

I think it's bad faith.

I agree. Hence I really praise Atletico for doing this to Barca.

 

[Brophs]

A transfer tug-of-war except both clubs want rid of him.

 

[Tarrou]

there's nothing in that article about it being 30 mins a game

the clause is 50% of game-time...

so Atleti are just being cautious by bringing him on with 30m to go

 

[calodo2003]

And I thought Atletico couldn't possibly shithouse more.

 

[Bastian]

I think it's bad faith.

Sure. But Barca are saying that to their own players about their signed contracts. Atletico would be mad to trigger them paying Barca 50m + for him. Not sure if Atletico would be happy to terminate the loan, but there is no chance Barca would accept that and having to cover his wages. If it were two different parties you could make a case for a termination of the loan.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Whats wrong if Atletico activate one of their levers

 

[Kasper]

there's nothing in that article about it being 30 mins a game

the clause is 50% of game-time...

so Atleti are just being cautious by bringing him on with 30m to go

There is?

The contractual situation is a complex one, but broken down to its simplest form Atletico would have to pay the aforementioned figure providing Griezmann plays more than 30 minutes of football in 50 per-cent of games this season - hence the reason the France international has been introduced in the 62nd minute of both fixtures so far this term.

 

[Niemans]

This is actually beautiful to see!

Basically they can play him for less than 30 minutes for 2 games and then a full game every 3rd game. As long as he doesn’t play 30+ mins in 50% or more games.

At the moment he’s on 0 out of 2 games.

At the moment he is 30 of 39. That's 76%.
- 30 out of 37 last season.
- 0 of 2 this season.

 

[acnumber9]

Does injury time not count?

 

[SAFMUTD]

Unethical, clubs will think twice before making these kind of deals with Atletico.

 

[The Firestarter]

Any other option for Antoanne but to take the L?

 

[Rado_N]

A transfer tug-of-war except both clubs want rid of him.

Barca are definitely pushing rope.

 

[TsuWave]

The way this guy fell off

 

[Tom Cato]

Does Lionel Hutz draw up these contracts for Barcelona?

Lionel Hutz won a surprising amount of cases in the Simpsons, despite his wild incompetence.

This is a absolutely wild loophole though. "First year paralegal would spot this loophole "

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Mes que un half hour

 

[Bluelion7]

Unethical, clubs will think twice before making these kind of deals with Atletico.

ARE there other clubs stupid enough to make this kind of deal with Athletico?

Problem with political organizations: PR points vs Reality. Barca pushed through a badly crafted deal so they could tell their voting members and supporters “we got x amount of millions. We iz jeanuses”. Then reality sets in. Athletico sees they don’t want to be on the hook for the player, and the contract gives them a way to accomplish that.

Meanwhile Barca probably has no plan for not getting that money.

 

[tenpoless]

Good for him the stupid racist twat

 

[RC89]

Maybe that was for the best...

Yeah, I don't think he'd have worked here looking back at it now. We got Lukaku instead though so...

 

[marcus agrippa]

Mes que un half hour

 

[Tarrou]

There is?

ah yeah I stand corrected

in my defence I posted that at 4am and I was still a bit drunk

 

[RC89]

Mes que un half hour

 

[tentan]

Deserves Barcelona right.

 

[Chief123]

Unethical, clubs will think twice before making these kind of deals with Atletico.

Unethical clubs like Barca didn’t think twice.

 

[Varun]

La Substitution

 

[Charlie Foley]

Mes que un half hour

 

[Dr. StrangeHate]

At the moment he is 30 of 39. That's 76%.
- 30 out of 37 last season.
- 0 of 2 this season.

Isn't Atletico's whole purpose here to make it less than 50% till the end of the season.

 

[Monks_United]

You love to see it ! Couldn't have happened between a two nicer clubs and for a nicer player