"When a club legend leaves a club for pastures new, especially in their prime years, it can sometimes be baffling to loyal fans but often, there are events going on beyond the scenes that the regular supporter on the street simply doesn't know about. Relationships with executives, and those figures' decision-making, can often be the driving factor behind a player moving on, but lips tend to be sealed until after the event."
"I was a homegrown player, and I've always tried to help the club, although there are people who accused me of not lowering my salary... I've lowered my salary when Atletico asked me to, I've been paid in promissory notes when they've asked me to, and even now I've done things to make things easier for them. I've always said yes to everything."
Saul Niguez left Atletico Madrid after 427 appearances and signed for Flamengo following the end of his contract. He assigns some responsibility for his exit to sporting director Andrea Berta, who later became Arsenal's sporting director earlier this year. Saul says he repeatedly accommodated the club financially and operationally, lowering his salary, accepting promissory notes, and agreeing to requests to help the club. He reports that others accused him of not reducing his salary despite those concessions. He alleges that Berta was not completely honest with him and states that he has seen proof of that dishonesty.
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