The Contract Dispute about Griezmann’s Mandatory Purchase Option

This article aims to provide Spanish legal context to the recent contractual saga opposing the fellow Spaniard sides of FC Barcelona to Atlético de Madrid over French international player Antoine Griezmann, on loan at the latter.

First of all, in order to know the context of the current situation that the French international player Antoine Griezmannis going through, it is convenient to highlight that the player is in his second loan season at Atlético de Madrid, being FC Barcelona the club that loaned him to Atlético. However, FC Barcelona had previously bought Mr Griezmann from Atlético for EUR 135 million two years earlier, in July 2019.

On 31 August 2021, and just before the final bell of the Summer registration period, both clubs signed a loan agreement for the player for the 2021-2022 season,...

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The Contract Dispute about Griezmann’s Mandatory Purchase Option

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