Antoine Griezmann wants to be a reference in the Atletico Madrid. The French player had a difficult first season on his return to the mattress club. A course that closed with a worrying scoring drought that led many to put him under the microscope.
He is one of the players in whom he trusts the most Diego Simeone for the upcoming season. And it will continue. The club requested the second year of transfer to FC Barcelona. In other words, the Frenchman will not move despite the fact that he was in the crosshairs of criticism for a long time, both at the club and in his selection.
Many voices wondered in his native country if Deschamps I had to keep betting on him at this point in time. “Sometimes these things happen. We have already faced this kind of situation. I talk to Antoine, even more so when he’s with us”, said the coach before the holidays, to point out: “He’s not in his best shape. Always used to being decisive, now it is less so. He has experienced more complicated games, in areas where he is perhaps not so comfortable. But it happens to everyone at one time or another.”
In this sense, he added that for him, the injury and relapse were key. “First he was injured, then he had a relapse and that affected his physical condition. He is not in the best shape of him. I know what Antoine He has done and is capable of doing, I am calm”, he ended up saying.
number 8 of the Atletico Madrid he has scored just one goal in 2022, all competitions added. He saw door before him Ray Majadahonda on the Copa del Rey as soon as the calendar year begins. Since then, he has played 22 games, without scoring a single goal, 17 of them with the red and white team.
THE PURCHASE CLAUSE
At the moment, it has already been put to the limit to change that situation. The player has been working hard for days to reach the preseason like a rocket. He has shared a video showing that he is committed to changing his situation.
That he continues does not mean that he Atlético activate the purchase clause of 40 million euros set with the FC Barcelona. But, in the computation of the two seasons, when 50% of the possible matches between the two have been exceeded, then it would be mandatory for the rojiblanco team.
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