OF THE TASTE OF VALVERDE
The Barça aims to Griezmann... For next year
Published:6/08/2017 - 16:46h
Updated:7/08/2017 - 17:41h
Although for the moment urge complete the staff for this season, the FC Barcelona continues thinking in a planning on a long-term basis. In this sense, the Barcelona are very pending of Antoine Griezmann, to by which would go next summer
The arrival of the month of August has done that the Barça of the acelerón final to his work for the preparation of the staff, and although already it has tightened the siege on the footballers chosen for this summer, also control objective that they could arrive to short or half term. One of them is Antoine Griezmann, to by which the Catalans would not go this season, but yes the one who comes.
It does already some weeks that the Barcelona technical office has finish to define which will be the reinforcements for Ernesto Valverde, and although they are many the names that have sounded, finally seems to be that Íñigo Martínez, Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembélé are the elected. The negotiations are not being easy, but in the club trust to arrive to good port and achieve an agreement by the three.
However, there are others that are still in the radar, as Paulo Dybala, Kylian Mbappé or Antoine Griezmann. These profiles answer more to the position of pure forward, although in the case of the Argentinian would tackle his arrival like a complement or alternative to Leo Messi. The desorbitado price and the uncertainty that generates the future of the monegasque have done that Ernesto Valverde underline again a request, the one of the Athletic of Madrid.
To his 26 years, the French has showed spare that is in conditions to step forward in his career. After several years dressed of rojiblanco, the own footballer recognised that his future was far of Vicente Calderón, although finally a sanction of the FIFA did him back and declare his fidelity to the Madrilenian. With everything, his clause, that this year reaches the 200 million euros, will go down the next summer until the 100, and the Barça does not lose detail of his future.
A new effort
In this sense, the Catalans would have taken advantage of the good relations with the Athletic to warn that they will respect the decision of Antoine Griezmann to support to or his, but that when it finalise the punishment will try to arrive to an agreement by the player, to the that also follow the Real Madrid, the Manchester United, the City or the PSG.
His capacity goleadora, power and polivalencia have woken up the interest of the big groups of Europe, and his exit probably will go in in the list of the most expensive footballers of always. It touches to do an effort, but Griezmann costs it.
