Under contract with Atlético until 2026, Antoine Griezmann would have already decided not to terminate his contract this summer in order to live his American dream by joining the MLS. Diego Simeone's fetish number 7 wishes to play a very latest season at the very high level with the Colchoneros, even if it means being relegated to the bench to take on an offensive joker role. It must be said that “Grizi” no longer deserves to be holder under the orders of “Cholo”.
Griezmann's season has been very bad and even cataclysmic for a few months. The retiree of the French team (since last September) only marked once in their last 17 matches and only gave only one decisive pass in 13 games. The 34 -year -old (he celebrated them on March 21) has very little influence in the game of his team and never saves his performances with an inspiration, after his success from the first part of the season (8 goals in Liga, 6 in the Champions League).
Antoine Griezmann was thus relegated to the bench lately, during two consecutive matches against Las Palmas and Rayo Vallecano, while Atlético has lagged behind in the Liga title race. Eliminated in the knockout stages of the Champions League by Real Madrid and dismissed by Barça in the King's Cup semi-finals (each time in front of his audience), the Madrid club is now dropped in the championship with 12 points behind Barça four days from the end.
A new attack without Griezmann
The 2018 world champion was relaunched in the starting eleven last Saturday, on the Alavés field, but the Gaucher free electron was again ghostly and his team was distressing against the first non-relegation, taking only one point (0-0). Griezmann should start on the bench on Saturday during the Liga shock against his training club, Real Sociedad. His Argentinian coach no longer wants to give him a gift …
The Bench of Griezmann is all the more significant with the absence on suspension of Julian Alvarez in the face of the formation of Saint-Sébastien. On Wednesday in training, Diego Simeone worked for the second day in a row with a team of holders composed, in the offensive sector, of Alexander Sorho in Pointe as well as Giuliano Simeone and Samuel Lino on the wings. Pablo Barrios, Rodrigo de Paul and Koke were tried in the midfield, but Conor Gallagher can also start this weekend.
