Griezmann, and the return to a changing room where they want you

As soon as he arrived at the Cerro, the first thing Antoine Griezmann received was a handshake. A loving gesture may seem silly, but no, it is not. Because in the two years he spent abroad, precisely, that was one of the things that he lacked: reaching the locker room and being received with open arms. In Barcelona he tripped himself, with Decision 1, to say that he stayed at Atleti after figures like Leo Messi publicly blessed his arrival. That no that a year later was yes, he did not manage to overcome it. In the Barça dressing room, Griezmann, who is a really great guy, was sticking to one group, the French. It was the first time something like this had happened to him. He, who got to dress as Santa Claus in the Royal dressing room to distribute gifts. He, who was captain and one of the most beloved, from the outside but more inside, of the Atlético dressing room. A feeling that distance only increased. You just have to look at all his photos from today: the smile he wears leaves his face, it occupies everything.

He himself related it in his biography 'Behind a smile': he needs to be happy to play well. It sounds silly but it is reality. If he is not happy, the boot disconnects from his head, things don't work out. And in Barcelona, ​​perhaps because he never felt that there, in that dressing room, was his place, he never succeeded. Since it was announced that he was returning to Atlético, France has celebrated it. Three goals in this break, a stellar performance and something that the fans asked him half jokingly half seriously: a haircut. The first Griezmann at Atlético was the one with the crest, the one with the crazy looks. The last one the shaggy looking in the photo to look like that boy idol, Beckham. This morning, after the first regenerative session and before the signing, he had time to go through the scissors. When he stepped on the Wanda he looked like that first Griezmann while a phrase sneaked into the trending topics in Spain: It has been cut.

The handshake darling in the Cerro was from Savic, one of the players who are still two years after the Frenchman's departure to Barcelona. His departure was at the same time as that of the last first Cholo champions (Godín, Juanfran and Filipe) which caused a regeneration, in Cholo's words 'transition' with many new faces (Llorente, Felipe, Lodi, Hermoso, Trippier. ..). But those that remain, those that follow from then are eight (Oblak, Savic, Vrsaljko, Giménez, Koke, Lemar, Correa, Carrasco) and all heavyweights. He knows Luis Suárez from Barça but now everything can be different. There they did not end up fitting in either, as with Messi, not that one but of 'The Decision'. Here in the rentréeIt is Griezmann who has in his favor the heads of the dressing room, Koke and Cholo. Everybody They were wanting to yell at him that 'Welcome home'. Savic conveyed it to him in that handshake.