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Nikola Mirotic refuses to cut his salary in Barcelona

The club's financial troubles did not pass over the basketball department, and in Spain it was reported that there was no progress in talks between the parties.

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Wednesday, 08 September 2021, 12:39 Updated: 12:42

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The sensitive economic situation in Barcelona, ​​which caused, among other things, the departure of Lionel Messi, does not miss the club's basketball team either.

A number of media outlets in Spain claim that the team wants to cut the salary of the top earner in the Euroleague, Nikola Mirotic, but he is not ready for that at the moment.

According to reports, there is no progress in talks between the parties.

The European runner-up said goodbye this summer to two players who earned large sums, Victor Claver and Adam Hanga, and replaced them with Nigel Hayes only.

Last week it was reported in Spain that Barcelona were even considering canceling Mirotic's contract due to a "bad performance", but this was apparently intended to put pressure on the cut negotiations.

After all, although Mirotic sometimes struggled in moments of pressure and failed to lead his team to victory in the Euroleague Final Four against Andulo Zero, he is still the team's main star and was voted the best player in the Spanish league final series.

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Not ready to cut, at least for now.

Nikola Mirotic (Photo: GettyImages, Quality Sport Images)

Mirotic, who previously played for Real Madrid, returned to Europe in 2019 after five seasons in the NBA and signed a huge contract with the Blancos' bitter rival. Mirotic has already cut his salary during the Corona plague when he extended his contract until 2025, so in effect the team "stretched" his contract, leading to a situation where he would not have to pay him more money, but spread his salary over more seasons and thus his annual salary dropped.

In Spain it is claimed that Barcelona have already offered Mirotic a cut once again, in order to maintain the continuity of the project built there in the last two years, but he refused. The senior earner in the Euroleague, who earns about 3.8 million euros a season, claims he gave up enough money for Barcelona when he refused a $ 45 million contract at Utah Jazz in the summer he chose to return to Europe. His goal right now is to avoid cuts, and in a nightmare scenario it may degenerate into a scenario similar to what happened with Lionel Messi. If the forward's opinion does not change,Barcelona may also deteriorate in the basketball department to a sporting and image catastrophe.

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