Barça and Nick Calathes approach to agree on his departure

The Barça base is still negotiating the ‘byout’ of his contract after the club announced that they do not have him for next season

The player has an offer on the table from Fenerbahçe and also from Panathinaikos, who want him to return to Greece

After a few weeks of negotiations between Barça and Nick Calathes,both parties begin to approach in their positions and the agreement could come very soon whereby the Greek-American point guard is disassociated from Barça for the remaining year of his contract.

Calathes, With one of Barça’s highest contracts, he did not play at the expected level last season and ended up dissolving in the bad end of the whole team which led them to fall in the semifinals of the Euroleague against Madrid, and fall in the Endesa League against the whites offering a very bad image.

The good relationship between the point guard and Jasikevicius deteriorated as the season went on to the point that the Lithuanian coach considered that his services could be dispensed with.

invitation to leave

The arrival of the Czech Tomas Satoransky was a clear invitation to his departure from Barça although the player he clung to his contract, over 1.5 million euros cleanto continue at the Barça club next season.

The player, At the same time, he has been studying the offers that have been arriving in recent weeks and everything seems to indicate that the one he likes the most is the Turkish Fenerbahçe where he will meet the former CSKA coach, the Greek Itoudis.

The Turkish team offers him two years guaranteed for an amount of three million euros, although according to some digital media, Panathinaikos, which seemed ruled out, has raised the offer to three seasons and four million to return to the Greek club.

The player is trying to get the maximum ‘slice’ of his termination from Barçaalthough the player, once his future has been decided, everything points to Fenerbahçe, The amount of compensation for the Barça team will drop, which wants to turn the page as soon as possible.

Oriola, the other pending exit

Barca are also trying to reach an agreement with captain Pierre Oriola, who still has a year left on his contract. and it doesn’t count for Saras Jasikevicius. The one from Tàrrega already knows the intentions of the club, to find a way out, even thoughthat the player also wants to be compensated since he has one year left on his contract.

One of the teams that has been most interested in Oriola is Bàsquet Girona, although the negotiation is open because the player has a very high record and cannot assume it, so he hopes that he will leave Barça and negotiate a new contract.

Oriola has not had a leading role this season as even Roland Smits held the center position on a few occasions. His irregular appearance in the team ended up being completely diluted after the long back injury put him out of action for many weeks.

Now Barça and the player are looking for an agreement, although the player’s file is high and nobody seems willing to give in, although in the end there will be a disengagement agreement.