Atletico Madrid were given back the Frenchman in summer 2021 in hurried style. After two rather disappointing seasons at Barcelona, Antoine Griezmann back to the Wanda where some lovers had nevertheless no longer forgiven him for his flow to Barca.
The Frenchman became booed in many domestic games and the footballer needed to win over the supporters with the aid of scoring desires and giving assists.
However, Griezmann's numbers in his go back to Atletico Madrid - conditioned also by using his accidents - have been nowhere close to as appropriate as expected. Up to now, he has scored eight goals and given five assists in 34 matches, 25 of them as a starter.
To placed that into context, inside the 2018-19 season, his remaining as an Atletico participant earlier than signing for Barca, he got double digits: 20 goals and 10 assists. In the 2020-21 campagin, he scored 19 instances and gave 12 assists.
Given his performances and possibly his age, 31, Atletico Madrid, according to 'El Partidazo de COPE' this Thursday, are thinking about not renewing his mortgage deal. He arriving at Atletico Madrid on loan with a obligatory purchase clause providing positive clauses were met.
The mentioned media outlet introduced that the Frenchman in addition to his "sister and lawyer" now realize about Atletico Madrid's doubts. They are thinking of letting him go next season which could unfastened up 18 million euros a yr of salary bill.
There turned into also a meeting this Thursday among Atletico CEO Gil Marin and Barca director of soccer Mateu Alemany There become speculation over a change deal regarding Griezmann and Morata, however 'MD' became down this information.