Mateu Alemanydirector of football Barçay Miguel Angel Gil MarinCEO of the Atletico Madridcoincided this Thursday in Madrid at a LaLiga event and then the two had dinner together in the Spanish capital, as reported by the newspaper ‘Marca’.
The aforementioned information indicates that the reason for the meeting could be to discuss the possible arrival of Alvaro Morata al Barçaan option that was already explored in the last winter market but that did not come to fruition despite the will of the striker. Morata ends his assignment in Juventus de Turin at the end of the course and everything indicates that the Italians will not pay the 35 million euros of the purchase option and the Spanish will return to Atlético. However, the player from Madrid is not the first Barça option to reinforce the attack.
In this scenario, several Madrid media assure that the Barça could return to the load by Moratawho liked Xavi Hernandez, in his search for a confirmed striker and could play the card of Antoine Griezmann. The Atlético has an obligation to purchase 40 million by the French that must execute in the summer of 2023 and would seek to include Morata to avoid having to pay the entire transfer. In January, the one finally chosen by the Barça It was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangwho arrived free after leaving the Arsenal.
Before the meeting between German y Gil Marinthe rojiblanco president Enrique Cerezo praised Griezmann and described him as one of the “three or four best players in the world” and made it clear that they plan for the Frenchman to continue next year. “He has a splendid future, I think Griezmann This season due to the injuries he has had and due to the circumstances of the team, it has not been what we all expected. but i think Griezmann he is one of the three or four best players in the world. With how difficult it is to find this type of player, we are not going to get rid of him,” he said. cherry tree on Radio Marca.
In the same line as cherry tree it was pronounced a few days ago Diego Simeoneconfirming that Griezmann He is an important piece in his schemes and highlighted the great sacrifice of the Frenchman on the field to make his teammates better.
“It is true that he has not scored goals for a few games, but his performance, beyond that because he is one of the club’s top scorers, he always works, he always has a commitment to collective work and I have no doubt that he will come out of this situation, he is one of the best players in the world and he only needs confidence and to return to the goal, we will find what we are used to”, he said Simeone on Griezmann.
dinner between Matthew German y Gil Marin could be the beginning of some new contacts so that the Barça fiche a Morata and we will have to be attentive to the next movements of the azulgrana to see if the Spaniard could end up being the scoring striker to reinforce the squad for next season in the face of the Catalan club’s financial problems.
This yes, the priority is a forward ‘top’ with Robert Lewandowski y Sadio Manéwhose contracts in Bayern y Liverpool they expire in 2023, like the preferred ones. To do this, the Barça must activate one of the economic levers (according to CVCpartial sale of Barça Studios o Barça Licensing and Merchandising) to have financial muscle to face the operation.
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