2018 world champion and unhappy finalist of the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, Antoine Griezmann imagined playing a last World Cup in 2026 in North America. During the elimination in the semi-finals at Euro 2024 last July, the key player of the Blues of Didier Deschamps wanted to continue the tricolor adventure and probably to the “World Cup 26”. In a few months, he therefore decided to retire international last September, and decided to leave Atlético, when he was going to celebrate his 34th birthday on March 21.
It is not yet official (and it is not an info of Marca), but they are now two Spanish journalists to announce the departure of Griezmann at the end of the season. As Miguel Serrano indicates fromOk diario This Monday, Diego Simeone's fetish number 7 told its leaders its desire to leave the club during the next offseason. The native of Mâcon has a contract until 2026 but probably has an agreement with his Madrid club to go this summer.
Griezmann, direction Los Angeles
If all is well, “Grizi” therefore lives his last months at the very high level and the “Cholo” counts on him to give everything, of course. Atlético battle for the moment at the top of the Liga with Real Madrid but the last two poor performance (defeat against Lécones then zero against Villarreal) refer the four-point mattresters behind the Merengues. In the Champions League on the other hand, Atlético is likely to finish in the top 8 with a last match against Salzburg (34th out of 36 and already eliminated).
The rest, for Antoine Griezmann, will most certainly take place in MLS, he who has always dreams of finishing his football course in the United States, like his idol David Beckham. Not to mention that he is a big fan of American sports. The Los Angeles FC, where Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud already evolves, would wait for “Grizi” next summer to bring together three 2018 world champions. Enough to offer a luxury rival to Inter Miami in Lionel Messi and his friends.