“The Griezmann thing is not an ego problem”

Philippe Montanier He was Antoine Griezmann's coach at Real Sociedad between 2011 and 2013. With the French coach, the Barcelona player now played good football when there was talk of his move to Atlético de Madrid. Montanier, like all of France, is concerned about what the forward is experiencing at his current club, a situation of depression to which they are trying to find an explanation. Montanier meets Griezmann in person and assures that his dull image at Barcelona has nothing to do with a problem of coexistence with other stars, because it is not the first time it has happened to him.

“Everyone loves Antoine. In addition to all his talent, because he is very persevering, he works hard, he always puts himself at the service of the team. He neither has nor has he had any ego problems. We have seen it with France. When Kylian Mbappé arrived, he immediately opened the way for him “, affirms the now technician of the Standard of Liege. Montanier points more to the situation of Barcelona, ​​at a general level, as the particular trigger for the Griezmann case.

“He has had the misfortune of falling into a bad moment, in a Barcelona in crisis that navigates according to the mood of Messi, who decides at all levels in the club. Sometimes one beautiful flower suffocates another … Griezmann needs to have fun, play and joke to develop their full potential. It's not the impression it gives … “, Montanier explains in La Voix du Nord.