Antoine Griezmann: Atletico Madrid sign Barcelona striker on loan

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Antoine Griezmann has yet to win a league title in his career, joining Atletico Madrid after winning the 2013-14 La Liga.

Atletico Madrid, the Spanish league champions, has re-signed striker Antoine Griezmann from Barcelona on loan for one year.

Atletico will pay the player’s wages and there is a mandatory requirement to make the transfer permanent.

The France international scored 133 goals in 257 appearances for Atlético, and departed in 2019 after Barcelona paid his £107m takeover clause.

But the 30-year-old scored just 35 goals in 102 matches and only managed to win the King’s Cup with Barcelona.

He’s the eleventh player to leave financially struggling Barcelona this summer, including Lionel Messi.

Barcelona had to let their all-time leading scorer leave to fit the wage structure in La Liga, and Messi joined PSG.

Griezmann is the third sale day in the transfer deadline from Barcelona. Right-back Emerson Royal joined Tottenham for £25.8m, and teenage midfielder Alex Moreba moved to RB Leipzig for £13.7m.

Last summer, Atlético signed striker Luis Suarez from Barcelona and helped Diego Simeone’s team win La Liga.

Chelsea have signed Spanish midfielder Saul Negues, 26, from Atletico on a season-long loan deal.

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French football expert Julien Lorenz on BBC Radio 5 Live

The most baffling thing for me is that once again, as they did with Luis Suarez last summer, Barcelona are strengthening their opponents’ team for the title.

Griezmann was not happy at Barcelona, ​​but you give one of your direct opponents the title – and one of the other big clubs in Spain – arguably one of your best players, a great player, and you get nothing in return.

I don’t know who makes those decisions, but I find them crazy. Wonderful.

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