Mirotic will leave Barcelona after the ACB final against Madrid

Nikola Mirotic confirmed that it will not continue in the Barcelona after the final series Endesa league that the Barça team will play at Pala from today (21:00, #Vamos and Movistar Deportes) against Real Madrid. The Spanish international regrets that Barcelona wanted to do without him and insists that his forced dismissal was not for economic reasons or because of a refusal to reduce his salary. “Barcelona never talked to me about a possible reduction,” assured Mundo Deportivo.

He Barcelona Three weeks ago, he informed Mirotić of his intention to terminate the contract, which is valid until 2025 and according to which he was supposed to earn around ten million euros per year. According to the player, the club’s decision had already been made and he had no choice but to abide by it. “I would do something for sure. I already helped the club once. Why not do it? Why don’t you sit down? Why not listen? Why don’t we see how we can help each other? I am very happy in Barcelona, ​​as is my family. Where will I feel better? But that was not possible because the decisions were very clear. And the explanations at the end were that the club wants to go the other way,” revealed Mirotic, who will surely become a new player for Armani Milan led by Ettore Messina.

After the club chaired by Laporta ordered the basketball section to reduce its expenses by 20 to 25 percent, the first and most notorious measure was to release Mirotic for the remaining two years of his contract, which caused an outcry from the Spanish nationalized player. . Due to the worrying economic crisis that the Catalan entity is going through, the budget for its basketball team will have to be reduced from the current 44 million euros to 33 or 36 million.

Mirotic arrived in Barcelona in 2019 from Real Madrid and, at the expense of what happens in the Endesa League final, in his four seasons as a culé he won the League in 2021 and the Copa del Rey in 2021 and 2022.