One problem less: Griezmann will continue one more year at Atlético

The Athletic of Madrid will do effective the clause of renewal by a season more than Antoine Griezmann, forward of the FC Barcelona yielded in the summer of 2021 in return of 10 million euros. To fault of official confirmation by part of the club, the player of 31 years published a message in his account of Twitter anticipating the renewal: the emiticonos with the colours of the club, red and white and the acronyms 'ATM'. Clearer, impossible.

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— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) June 29, 2022

The one of Mâcon contested 2,524' in 39 parties during the 2021-22, adding 8 goals and 7 assistances. A muscular injury in the right thigh did him lose 13 parties between December and February, a period of drop in which it also suffered COVID-19. However, further of his physical problems, Griezmann keeps the confidence of Diego Simeone and will return to the club in July, for relief of the FC Barcelona.

Antoine fichó by the Barça in the summer of 2019 in return of 120 million euros by five seasons. With agreement until 2024, the club opted for yielding him in 2021 looking for amortise his signing with a loan by 10 'kilos' and an option of purchase by 40 million euros. However, the agreement included the possibility to renew the cession this year, together with the option of compulsory purchase if the forward contests at least 50% of the parties of the Athletic in the season.

Of this way, the group 'colchonero' bet by a Griezmann to the one who has cost him a lot recover the level showed between 2014 and 2018, period in which it shined with the T-shirt 'rojiblanca' and attained to win the World-wide of Russia 2018, being figure of the combined Frenchman. In 102 parties with the Barça, the forward converted 35 goals and won only a title, the Glass of the King 2021.

Griemann Will look for to recover the titularity in the 'Aleti'

Like this the things, the big aim of the French will be to recover the titularity in the 2022-23. Antoine needs to return to his best version to arrive to tope to the World-wide of Catar and, with the exit of Luis Suárez of the club, his options to strengthen in the eleven of Diego Simeone increase. The others fixed options in the attack 'rojiblanco', Ángel Correa, Matheus Cunha and Joãor Félix, will follow suit for winning his place. The Portuguese, by the way, went the first in celebrating the renewal of Griezmann in Twitter.