BARCELONA – Antoine Griezmann signed a five-year contract with Barcelona in 2019 that guaranteed him a cumulative, fixed salary of 95 million euros gross, which, at best, skyrocketed thanks to bonuses of up to 181,500,000 . The newspaper Sport published this Sunday the details of the contract signed by the striker, confirming sources close to the footballer its veracity on ESPN Sports.
The French footballer, transferred on the last day of the market to Atlético de Madrid, agreed with Barça a five-season contract with a rising salary, with a bonus for signing and another for loyalty from the third campaign. .. But in the bulk of it, highlighted the sources consulted, revealed that it mainly linked its profits to both its performance and achievements.
In the two campaigns he played with Barça Griezmann he only won one Copa del Rey, which was not included in the awards to be received by the footballer, which was the case with other club players.
In his first, and only fact, seasons at the club, Griezmann entered a total of 46,500,000 euros, spread over 25.5 for his first year and 21 in the second. The difference between the two seasons was the 5 million that Barcelona paid him at the time of his signing as a signing bonus.
The fixed salary started at 17 million euros, increasing by one million each campaign to the 21 it would have earned in the 2023-24 season. From there the striker had signed several bonuses for which his income could increase considerably.
Some of them easy to comply with such as playing 60 percent of the official matches that represented a profit of 2.5 million per year and others related to the classification of the team in the Champions League, starting from 500 thousand euros for to overcome the group stage and up to 2 million to win the title.
In the maximum case of winning the triplet Griezmann had signed a prize of 4 million euros, which was reduced to 3.750 million in case of winning Champions and League, 2.5 winning Champions and Cup or 1.5 winning only the League. Winning the King’s Cup, as happened last season, meant no extra income for him.
He also had special bonuses signed in each season of his contract and which represented him 500 thousand euros to win the trophy for best player in the Spanish League and 750 thousand euros to win the trophy for best player in UEFA or FIFA.
In addition, Griezmann had specified that as of this season, the third of his contract, he was entitled to receive a loyalty bonus, specified in the
margin of his salary itself but which was automatically added to it. In this 2021-22 season he should have collected 7 million euros and 6.5 million in each of the next two.