BARCELONA Manager, Ronald Koeman, recently spoke about the late exit of Emerson Royal to Tottenham, and Antoine Griezmann to Athletico Madrid.
Emerson made a surprise exit to Tottenham for a fee of around €25 Million on the deadline day, while Greizmann went on a loan deal to his former club, Athletico Madrid.
"An example of me wanting to help the club is Emerson's decision,” Koeman said
“I told the club if the money was important, they can sell Emerson, because we have Dest, Mingueza and even Sergi Roberto.
“I didn’t stand in the way because I could have said: ‘He’s not moving.’
“Yes, it was the same [Griezmann], with the additional problem that it happened on deadline day, with very little time to find a solution.
"It was not great. Griezmann had a big contract and if he left, it helped the club financially. For that reason, I accepted his exit.”
