Free deals became for everyone, Lionel Messi left Barcelona for free, Sergio Ramos left Real Madrid for free, and many names were called after the end of her contract and the difficulty of renewal for obvious economic reasons!
Despite the tragedy of the pair’s departure from the two poles of Spanish football, their old age may be a reason to anticipate the decision. Even if Messi or Ramos did not leave in the summer of 2021, their retirement or their departure from La Liga was expected in the coming years.
The biggest tragedy lies in the presence of a number of young talents who can leave for free. We are talking about Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain, Ousmane Dembele at Barcelona, Dennis Zakaria at Borussia Monchengladbach, Andreas Christensen at Chelsea and Franck Kissier with Milan.
We are talking here about players under the age of 25 with a very high market value, and if we add older players like Paul Pogba from Manchester United, we find many distinguished players exposed to free departure in the summer of 2022.
Why did this happen?
When it comes to any financial misstep in football, search for the Corona pandemic.
What happened in 2020 hit the plans of many clubs, the ball stopped for several months and the absence of the public for almost a season and a half prompted more than one club to rethink its economic situation.
It is customary for any team to start immunizing its players at least two years before the end of the contract, so it was assumed that Paris negotiated with Mbappe and Barcelona Dembele in 2020 for the renewal.
But at the time, no team was able to predict the negative consequences of the pandemic, and the financial situation after the completion of the competition, but no one even knew whether the tournaments would continue or not.
Therefore, no one thought of negotiating an extension, so how can the salary and contract period be determined when the economic situation is foggy?
When things started to settle down and each team revealed their losses, it was too late and several clubs stepped in to hunt down the free deals.
safe exit
There are other reasons related to the players themselves.
A player like Mbappe was deliberate to postpone any discussion regarding his contract with Paris Saint-Germain because he knows full well that moving to Real Madrid will not be easy in return for money.
Kylian's fears appeared clearly last summer when Paris Saint-Germain rejected several offers for the player, including up to 200 million euros, and therefore the best solution to bid farewell to Paris Saint-Germain's golden prison - according to the description of Verratti's former agent - is free.
Dembele, in turn, was also looking for better opportunities financially in light of Barcelona's collapse in the economic situation and the reduction of the financial gap.
The player found stars such as Luis Suarez and Ivan Rakitic and before them loaned Philippe Coutinho in order to correct the financial situation, and found that the Joan Laporta administration will not repeat Josep Bartomeu's financial mistakes regarding the salary ceiling.
And even if Barcelona wanted to break this matter for Dembele, the La Liga Financial Fair Play Act completely ended this matter, and the Blaugrana were forced to lower the salary scale.
Therefore, the opportunity to leave for free, especially to the English Premier League teams, and get a huge salary is better.
Find a business agent
Another reason has to do with player agents that make free go even better.
A player like Paul Pogba has Mino Raiola as an agent, and the Italian always prefers to get the largest commission from selling players and also provide a good signing bonus for free.
If Pogba leaves for free, whether to Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus or other clubs, this means saving a huge amount of the value of the deal, and therefore no team will mind paying 20 or 30 million euros between commissions and signing bonuses.
No agent will be able to get the chance to get the commission if the player is sold, or the commission will not be the same without a doubt, so the free checkout becomes the solution!