Marc Bartra confirms SPORT exclusive about his release fee

Marc Bartra confirms SPORT exclusive about his release fee

Marc Bartra, FC Barcelona defender, confirmed SPORT's exclusive story, that his minimum fee release clause has dropped to just 8 million euros. He said that at the moment he is "calm" about his future, which is "in the hands of my agent and Carles Puyol".

Bartra spoke to the media while with the Spanish national team, ahead of Euro 2016, with the squad lacking only the players from Atletico Madrid and Real, who fight it out for the Champions League in Milan on Saturday night.

The Barcelona man said: "I've been coming to the national team for three years. To be able to be at Euro 2016 is one of the dreams of this season.

"The atmosphere is very good, with a mix of youth and experience. You can tell the group has hope. We have players of world class size and we will do the best we can at the tournament."