Antoine Griezmann going to Barcelona

Antoine Griezmann going to Barcelona

 

Antoine Griezmann has reported that he has disclosed to Atlético Madrid of his goal to leave the club, opening the entryway for a €125m (£108m) move to Barcelona this late spring. 

Having marked a five-year contract expansion just the previous summer, the French forward owned the stun expression on Tuesday evening through Atlético's authentic online networking channels subsequent to meeting with Diego Simeone – the group's supervisor – and the CEO, Miguel Ángel. 

Talking legitimately to the Atlético fans, the 28-year-old stated: "I needed to disclose to you that I've settled on the choice to leave to encounter new things and have new difficulties. It's been difficult for me to take this way, yet I feel that it's what I need. 

"I needed to thank you for all the affection you've given me in these five years, in which I've won my first significant trophies with a club. They were unfathomable minutes that I will dependably recollect. Truly you're in my heart." 

Conceived in Mâcon, France, Griezmann has spent his whole expert profession in Spain, joining Atlético in 2014 from Real Sociedad, where he got through the institute. He has since turned out to be a standout amongst the most pined for strikers in world football, and assumed a urgent job in directing the Madrid side to the Europa League in 2017-18 – scoring twice in the last against Marseille – before assuming a featuring job for France in their triumph finally summer's World Cup finals. 

Griezmann has for quite some time been an exchange focus for Barcelona, who are comprehended to be prepared to pay his €125m (£108m) discharge condition. Griezmann purportedly verged on leaving the previous summer after the World Cup, before uncovering he would remain at the club in a TV narrative called The Decision.