Griezmann, to the starting box

Antoine Griezmann go back to exit box. During a week, specifically the last one, the French striker you guessed how franchise player of the new project of Koeman after what Messi say he was leaving and the Dutchman tell Suarez that I did not count on him. On Friday it became known that Messi stayed and the French will have to go back to find his accommodation playing next door of Messi in an experience that last season did not quite work and that led the world champion to the left band of the attack blaugrana. A position where by the way Ansu Fati appears with enormous power.

The last season was hard for Antoine Griezmann, culminating with his substitution in the game against him Bayern. The image of one of the most famous players in world football in the dock in games as decisive as those of the Athletic, Sevilla, Atlético or Bayern it can't crawl under a rug or go unnoticed. Griezmann was very hurt by secondary role to the one who has been condemned by Setién. But that supporting role has not had to do with his substitutions, which are difficult to understand in a player for whom they are paid. 120 million euros plus VAT. The game has not passed through Griezmann either when he has had the starting shirt.

Two facts have changed to an initial situation that pointed to a possible departure of the French than will not occur. On the one hand, that Bartomeu included him in an improvised list of non-transferable. Although that list, in the mouth of a president with such worn credibility, cannot be taken as completely reliable, if they can be more indicative the Ronald Koeman's words, which announces its repositioning in the drawing. “It is not a traditional extreme. interpret it in your own position, in a role that suits him and where he can show his skills. ” phrase is a declaration of intent from dutch to count on a Griezmann that, when it seemed that Messi was leaving, he was going to assume some stripes that now return to the Argentine's shoulder.