Antoine Griezmann will not have been enough. Despite his victory against Botafogo (1-0), Monday evening on the occasion of the 3rd and last day of the group stage of the Club World Cup, thanks to a realization of the former French international, Atlético de Madrid is eliminated. “Grizou” and its partners will be able to blow and enjoy a well -deserved vacation.
Then it will already be time for Antoine Griezmann to prepare for next season. A season he will play under the colors of the Colchoneros. Indeed, the Mâconnais extended its lease until June 2027 with the Madrid club on the sidelines of the Club World Cup. A strong choice made by the 33-year-old striker, who has long hesitated to leave Europe to end his career in the United States.
“” We have been trying to bring him for two years, and it was not done unfortunately. It was at a given moment quite close with Los Angeles but it did not », Has said Jérôme Meary, agent specializing in transfers in MLS, on RMC. And if its arrival in the USA finally corporate, it is because Atlético has drawn an extension offer on which the North American franchises did not line up.
“Griezmann had a very nice Atlético offer”
“He had a very nice Atlético offer, it's his heart club, that'srevealed Jérôme Meary. I think he was really motivated to come to the US, but you fight against a club like Atlético where he is a legend and they made a very nice financial offer that could not match. »»
According to information from MarcaAntoine Griezmann would have agreed to lower his emoluments to stay at Atlético. To comply with the constraints of the Salary Cap, the Colchoneros would have offered French 8 million euros in its last two years of contract. With a salary of 4 million euros during the year 2025-2026, then the other half the following season. What to delay the arrival of the former Barcelona in MLS, where he repeatedly claimed his desire to hang up the crampons.
