The Catalans learned their lesson. And they had someone to ‘look up to.’ While trying to sign huge names from European clubs, Barcelona watched Real do business in the Brazilian market, from where they brought in Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, who became Los Blancos’ main options in attack. The Camp Nou club decided to ‘strike back’ and signed Vitor Roque.Already in the first games in the new environment, the recent member of Atlético Paranaense hints that he could be of huge impact. He scored against Osasuna and on the road to Alaves, before he was sent off (many will say unfairly). He hasn’t started a single game yet, and it looks like he could pay off for the Catalans in the future.##NAJAVA_MECA_7855558##With the fact that they will also have to pay well. Much more than first thought. Transfermarkt had pegged the deal to be worth €40,000,000, including €30,000,000 of the base and the remaining cash in the form of readily available bonuses, however, on Wednesday Barcelona-friendly Mundo Deportivo published details of the deal detailing how the reigning Spanish champions could to pay Roque as much as 61,000,000 euros. Even that is not all.The most interesting thing is that, so far, the Catalns have transferred only 5,000,000 euros to the account of Atlético Paranaense. Such an agreement was made between the two clubs, and it implies a payment dynamic, based on which Barça will forward that amount to a member of the Brazilian Serie A every six months, until it reaches the figure of 30,000,000 euros. The remaining 31,000,000 euros is variable and depends from the performance of the young striker, for whom sports director Deco “advocated” more than coach Xavi (the Spaniard leaves at the end of the season).Vitor Roque is Xavi’s secret weapon off the bench 🐅#LALIGAHighlights | @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/7ApXM9Kima— LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) February 7, 2024 In each season in which Roque plays more than 50 percent of the available games, Barcelona will be obliged to “reward” Atlético Paranaense with 5,000,000 euros each. And so until it reaches 25,000,000 euros. Potentially in five years. Another 5,000,000 euros is a bonus if the player is among the three finalists in the running for “The Best”, the FIFA award for the best player of the season. The remaining 1,000,000 on the condition that Vitor Roque wins the Ballon d’Or while a Barcelona player, i.e. until June 2031.This is what is promised to Atletico Paranaense, while earlier Globo Esporte wrote that the Spanish club is obliged to pay various agent commissions worth 13,000,000 euros! Such a deal would grow to as much as 74,000,000 euros.
