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Atlético de Madrid still waiting for what happens in the case Griezmann-Saúl. Right now it seems stranded, but in the Athletic they don't give him up for dead 100%. Not now. They believe that the matter can revive in the coming weeks, given the need for the Catalan club.
The mattress box is not in a hurry and attends almost like a spectator to the ups and downs that the matter is giving. Time plays in favor of the rojiblancos in this matter.
In the rojiblanco club they are clear that the need is not exactly the Athletic
. It is from Barça. And in this sense, the scenario is favorable, the cards that the rojiblanco team has to play are winners in any case. The azulgrana team needs to get rid of the salary mass that the Frenchman supposes to be able to register new signings and even to Messi. That is, it has to go yes or yes. The player does not seem to want to lower his salary at the Barça club either, so the situation is complicated at the moment.
It is evident that the return of Griezmann would be a boost in the sporting potential of the Athletic for the coming year, but it also takes an emotional toll on the fans that the club was willing to take on in this case. Do not fool anyone. The return of Macon does not drive many of the rojiblancos fans crazy, who do not forgive the attitude he had when he left the club, the way he left, even the little identification he had with him Athletic and his followers in many moments of his time at the club … and of course he will go to a direct rival.
Out there, many in the offices of the Metropolitan they are calm because if the matter were to unravel again, the Athletic would win a player who Simeone has expressly requested. If not, the club would save itself the social attrition regarding its hobby in this matter. In addition, the club wanted to consider this situation because it suited all parties. The Athletic I was looking for a '9', the Frenchman already played for the club, he was happy in Madrid, Simeone achieved the maximum performance of him … And at the same time I wanted to facilitate an exit to Saul after I had requested it, to a Spanish club, with an interesting project, which was also looking for a midfielder with a career …
In other words, it was a market opportunity rather than a necessity. The Athletic has alternatives for the lead, which will be activated once this possibility of Griezmann.
A MATTER WITH PROS AND CONS
And it is that in the Athletic, a few months ago, they ruled out 100% the possibility that Griezmann go back to the club. His way of leaving, the disappointment that was for the CEO of the entity, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, how the Frenchman handled the matter and the fact of going to Barça, with suspicions of having committed to the Catalan club before playing the quarterfinals of the Champions against Juventus, they were a deep wound.
In addition, the footballer's salary, the opinion of the fans … everything led to Athletic to close that door when he Barça, a few months ago, brought out a hypothetical change between Joao Felix Y Griezmann. If the situation took a 100% turn, it was due to the position of a key figure, that of Diego Simeone.
It is a relationship that goes beyond sports, which even has family ties through the good relationship of their wives, their daughters, who are of a similar age.
It is not the first time that the club and the coach have divergent directions in terms of signings, it happened in the case of James Rodriguez
z. Now, after winning the title of League, the club responded to the request as it has done on other occasions. Even against the skeptical opinion of the managers. For example in the matter of the return of Diego Costa. The Cholo He saw it as essential, the club not so much because of the cost of the operation, his age, the precedents of his departure … but Simeone you have earned the right to have your requests fulfilled. Then it was taken care of. Attempts were also made to attend to her in the case of James, also with some doubts on the part of the club that did not see options to accommodate salary, status and others. And if it didn't come out, it was because Real Madrid he did not want.
And again it has happened in the case of Griezmann. Of course, once the Ok is given to the Argentine's request, the bet is total for the club, without fissures. All to one in this case. In the end, Simeone He is a pragmatic guy above all else. May he feel deeply the Athletic It does not dazzle him to understand that others do not feel like him and that they could take steps that the fans did not like. All this is acceptable if the team is strengthened in its sporting potential, which is what would happen in the event of the return of the Macon.
To all this there is also the matter of Saul. Since England They push for the squad and the club wants to solve the issue. That is, the expiration date of the Athletic in this matter by Griezmann is the one that marks the exit of the canterano. Because with money in hand, it will be necessary to see what is the play of the rojiblanco club and if the Frenchman continues to be the first objective.