FC Barcelona have sold both of their top earners and most famous players in the same transfer window. Antoine Griezmann rarely played like the all-star player he was for Atlético Madrid or the French national team at the Camp Nou, but it’s still somewhat shocking to see him exit shortly after Lionel Messi left.
It seems to be an acknowledgement that they truly can’t compete for the league title. They’ve just reinforced last season’s champions, at a cut-rate price and with no player going the other way.
The point of the sale was to get his big wages off the books, get some money coming in, and that’s it.