By Amitai Winehouse For Mailonline
Published: 10:55 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 11:04 BST, 4 June 2019
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Barcelona are still on course to sign Antoine Griezmann at the start of July — with the player taking a pay cut to join the club.
Reports in France say the World Cup winner will earn €17m (£15m) net a season when he signs for Barcelona next month – that would represent a cut of around €6m (£5.3m) on what he picks up in a season at Atletico Madrid.
Griezmann’s wages will rise year on year in what is expected to be a five-year deal and he will be on huge bonuses for winning the Champions League and La Liga that could still see him earn more than at his current club.
Barcelona are still on course to sign Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann at the start of July
The forward will take a £5.3million annual pay cut to move to the Nou Camp this summer
If Griezmann does end up at the Camp Nou it will mean Ernesto Valverde finally getting his man at the third time of asking.
The Barcelona coach requested Griezmann in his first summer in the job as a replacement for Neymar but Barcelona did not believe they could do the deal because the
