Astounding levels of cuntitude. Bravo Griezmann
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Looks as if the club will be Barça but wouldnât suprise me if itâs Madrid
What does he deposit Is he gonna pay it himself?!
I guess so, thatâs how the Neymar transfer ex Barca worked didnât it. I think
So Barca get him for nothing or do they give him the transfer fee back haha
So Barca will basically give him his contract a with a âŹ120mill âsigning on feeâ or âsigning on bonusâ etc. which he can then use to buy himself out of his current contract at Atletico effectively making him a free agent 
I guess itâs a way of being evasive with FFP in terms of what you spend.
@ljungbergkamp may correct me on this though
La Liga is a bit weird isnât it?!
Not really. FFP isnât interested in transfer fees as such.
I donât think Barca give the player the money either. That would have all sorts of crazy tax implications I would imagine. There are probably shell companies and the likes involved to deal with all this.
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Ah ok, fair enough 
Thatâs where I was confused in the other topic when they used the term âincomeâ with regards to FFP which is very open ended.
Regarding the intricacies, Iâm sure youâre certainly right. Was just trying to put the deal into context for a simpleton like me.
The buyout clause gets deposited with the league (La Liga) who then release the player from his contract. After this the league pass the money on to the selling club.
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So Real lost at home again
What a shit club
Real Madrid are lucky that La Ligaâs top 4 race emulated that of the PL. They finish on 68 points. Last year 4th place had 73. The year before 72. In 2014/15 Sevilla had 76 points and finished 5th!
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Madrid have no shame. Bale and Cristiano shown 0 respect after delivering them with B2B UCL wins.
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Pretty dramatic, that. RM are ofc notoriously harsh and so on but Bale according to Spanish journos throughout his stay, hasnât done much to fit in in all the years heâs been there, as in learn Spanish, hang out with people, gel with managers etc. and you can tell on the pitch, he just does his own thing down the right flank season in and out when heâs fit, doesnât really celebrate with the team and they donât really do it with him much either.
And even if RM are ruthless in their treatment, hard-balling a club back in public, with which you never really fully got along with, is a pretty stupid move no matter how you perform on the pitch⌠saying youâd rather sit on your arse and collect money for years says something about his character.
But it is a curious case though, I never thought Bale was that kind of person, not that I have much of a picture of him to be fair. I rarely give a shite about players life stories after their career unless theyâre Arsenal, but I would love to hear him talk about his tenure at RM and his perspective of what happened behind the scenes in some longer interview after he has retired from football. Wouldnât read a whole fucking book about it but would listen to an interview.
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Hah, hope those Bale comments are accurate. 
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It could be indicative of his character, or maybe itâs him talking a tough game and trying to force their hand, letting them know he wonât go quietly or on their terms. I would suspect that thatâs what is happening here, rather than him genuinely being absolutely fine with doing fuck all for three years. But I donât know all that much about him, so Iâm just speculating here.
Fair play to him though, they gave him the contract so if they want him out they need to make it worth his while. See no reason why he should take it lying down.
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yeah no I absolutely agree, I love the idea that he stands up for himself, and I agree that he could say that. Just maybe to them, not to a radio channel lol but maybe thatâs where the story gets shady.
Agree with what youâve said but those quotes look fake to me. Would be astonishing if they are true but I doubt it