MADRID, 15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Former Spanish soccer player David Villa believes that French striker Antoine Griezmann, despite becoming Atlético de Madrid's all-time top scorer, not only stands out on the field for his scoring aspect but “is a total player and one of the best players in history”, and celebrated that he has earned “the love and respect” of the fans and the club in his two stages and despite his departure to FC Barcelona.
“He is one of the best players in history. We are really here to pay tribute to the goals he has scored, for being the club's top scorer, but I don't think he is just a scorer, I think he is a total player, who assists, who generates play, and the first to put on work overalls when we have to defend and steal balls,” Villa highlighted at the tribute to Antoine Griezmann held this Thursday at the Cívitas Metropolitano.
The 'Guaje' is clear that the French striker “is a total player of enormous quality.” “Obviously he has that quality to finish in the last meters, which is what has led him to reach that number of goals. He has shown it a lot, from the days when he played for the club until now, not only because of the goals, the goals is the most complicated thing in football, but I think that everything he has done during these years has been very good,” he explained.
“I do not want to take away the merit of scoring as a scorer, which is very important and very difficult to achieve that number of goals, but I want to highlight everything he has achieved and especially how he has achieved it, changing people's opinions after his second stage, based on love, work and humility,” said the Asturian.
The Spanish international highlighted that, despite going to FC Barcelona and returning, the one from Macon has earned “the love and respect, especially in a club like Atlético de Madrid.” “It is something very complicated and in this case he has earned it twice as much, because he has been in two stages and has managed to do it in two stages. I know him personally, I think he is a super humble and super hardworking boy,” he stressed. .
“He has the affection of the people wherever he has been, where he has played, both in his country with the national team, and in Spain. He is super happy with what he has done and the affection that the people show him, both at the international level. Spain as well as internationally, for everything it has achieved based on a lot of work and effort,” he concluded.