The fashion of leaving on a free transfer
Players are deciding to walk away at the end of deals to get bigger sign on fees
Increasingly, players are preferring to end their contracts by playing them out without renewing.
That’s a way for them to get an extra sign-on fee given there are no transfer fees for the club they move to, to pay.
Barcelona cannot criticise Ousmane Dembele’s decision having done the same by signing Eric Garcia, Memphis Depay and Sergio Aguero in this way.
It’s what Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba are doing right now and will move next summer accordingly.
