Nikola Mirotic is still a Barça basketball player. It was confirmed by the player’s agent in RAC1, where he stated that the club has not contacted them since they told him that they did not have the Spanish-Montenegrin power forward. “We are in no rush to terminate the contract. In any case, it is the club that has the most urgency because every day that he spends at Barça costs him 31,000 euros, ”said the representative.
This means that, for the moment, for the 13 days of July, Barcelona will have to pay 400,000 euros to Mirotic, whose salary would amount to 11.3 million.
According to Igor Crespo’s version, it was after the Euroleague final four and before the start of the ACB playoffs that the Blaugrana club warned Mirotic that they did not want him in the 23-24 project. The first match between Barça and Valencia in the quarterfinals was on May 29. “Barça verbally informs us that they do not want Nikola to continue at the club before the play-off against Valencia. Since then we have not received any written notification or anything official. They have not offered us any termination contract. Therefore, today he is still a Barça player and has a two-year contract, ”he reasons.
Thus, Mirotic intends to appear in the preseason with the new Barcelona of Roger Grimau. “If nothing changes, he has the obligation to go to training and games,” explained the agent.
Crespo also denied that his client already has a pre-contract with a new team. In his opinion, the situation has blocked him. “We cannot agree or sign any contract with any team because Mirotic is still a Barça player. If he ends up being free then he can decide to go where he wants. Now being a Barça player prevents him from making any decision, ”he recounted.
Personally the player “is hurt” with the ways of the club. “He has left a good part of his life for Barça and has helped turn the basketball section around by leading a team that has won a lot,” the agent revealed. In the four seasons of the blaugrana, the section won two ACB leagues and two Copas del Rey.
The representative delved into some details of the contract that Mirotic signed in 2019 with Josep Maria Bartomeu. “Barça and Niko signed a staggered contract in 2019. He has spent these four years earning below his average salary. The club requested that format. It does not seem logical to me to benefit from the first four years where the player charges below his value and now not wanting to pay the remaining two ”, he opined.
Finally, Crespo elaborated on the idea that Mirotic has indeed made financial efforts. “He has lowered his salary twice and has changed his contract three times,” he insisted. And he discovered that last summer he voluntarily wanted to adjust his salary to help but the club did not consider it necessary and rejected Mirotic’s offer. “In August of last year he proactively went to the club to offer a change in the terms of his contract to help the club. The club replied that he did not, that he played for what he played and we would see what would happen next season ”. What happened is that now they don’t have him.
