Griezmann returns to Atletico Madrid; Barcelona lends it

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Barcelona, ​​Spain /

The robbery of the century. So we could call the movie starring Antoine Griezmann, The Frenchman who came out of the Athletic of Madrid in 2019 for the Barcelona in exchange for 120 million euros and that this Tuesday, the last day of the transfer market, returns on loan to the Colchonero painting and with a purchase option three times smaller.

In a closing transfer for others unbridled with the arrival of Eduardo Camavinga in Madrid and two sales from Barcelona about the time to make some cash, the journalist Fabrizio Romà and the media ESPN, The team, Mark i AS they close the operation with which Griezmann returns to Athletes just two years after his departure.

Atletico Madrid ‘stole’ him from Barcelona

The information matches that The Little Prince will be on loan with those from Madrid for all this season and his purchase clause is 40 million euros; that is to say, to exercise the option, the Athletic one will have recovered to one of its better soccer players in recent times with a gain of 80 million, since in the Barça they sold it to 120.

At 30 years old, Antoine will again be under the command of Diego Simeone, With whom he showed his best football level between 2014 and 2019, his first stage in the Athletes with which win a Europa League, a Spanish Super Cup and a European Super Cup, In addition to 2018 – being part of the Colchoneros – he won the World Cup with France.

Now the French will share the Madrid attack with Joao Fèlix, Matheus Cunha and Luis Suárez, Thus confirming themselves as serious candidates to seek to repeat the title of Laliga and finally dream of winning the Champions League, which in the last decade was denied twice in the Finals against Real Madrid.

Messi, Griezmann and the faults in Barcelona

Several journalists and social media communicators have openly criticized the brief management of Joan Laporta on his return to the presidency. In early August, the historic farewell of Lionel Messi and one of them was given accused of the departure of the Argentine was precisely Griezmann, Of whom he made sure he never wanted to accept a pay cut, which added to the 120 million euros they paid for him at the time were part of a “snowball” that bordered on the Flea exit.

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