Gabigol-Inter, Barcelona are upset : they want to take Santos to court !

After months of strong interest, Inter were finally able to sign Gabigol. According to Uol Esporte, Barcelona are now ready to take Santos to court because of Gabigol ! They believe Santos did not respect the option they had on Gabigol, which was in place since the Neymar deal.



Agreements not respected: The agreement between Santos and Barcelona gave the Catalan club the right to match any offer for the player within 3 days. The Brazilian club had sent an email to Barcelona to let them know of Inter’s offer on the Monday but they wanted an answer by Wednesday August 31st 2016 (as the transfer window was set to close). Barcelona told Santos no to proceed with a sale since there wasn’t a lot of time left and Santos never really explained to them the method of payment.



Heading to Court: Santos president Modesto Roma let Barcelona know that an email was only sent on Monday since Inter’s offer only arrived to them on the previous Sunday. This upset Barcelona since they knew the player had already arrived in Milan to undergo his medicals on the Friday. Barcelona now want to get 3.2 million euros back from Santos (because the option agreement wasn’t respected according to them). Time will tell who was right ....



Jean-Luca Mascaro (@CalcioNews89)

